Ickes Attacks Business in Finish Fight Advocate
Secretary Ickes called for a finish fight between democracy and what he labeled a plutocracy of 60 families. Legislators urged more cooperation with business while some backed his view. The remarks followed Joe Jackson's anti trust denouncements and Roosevelt’s Florida fishing trip.
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Petit Jurors Announced for Taylor County Court Term
Taylor county circuit court convenes January 10 with jurors summoned for January 17 announced by Sheriff Herbert Evans. Prosecuting Attorney Francis L. Warder expects few criminal cases but several chancery matters. Juror list includes Paul Hooper Spencer Dixon William Carney Charles Peer George Kiger Homer Jones and others. Grand jurors names withheld until January 1.
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Francis L. Warder
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George Kiger
Homer Jones
Gordon Roster
Reece Hilkey
Ed. M.whitescarver
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Howard Burton
Donald Marshall
Carson B. Kepner
Ralph Gibson
Frank Luzader
Ben Franz
Harry Cather
Alfred Barked
Emile Kinsler
James L. Bailey
Dorsey Mayle
Breaks Down in Court as Hlavatt Charged in Father Killing
In New York homicide court Ellian Hlavatt, 90, collapsed after being charged with stabbing her father John Hlavati to death on Christmas morning. The defendant’s account says the drunk father beat her and her mother. she had previously sought police help but was refused.
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Tsingtao given up to Japanese forces
Chinese devastation squads left Tsingtao undefended as Japanese armies advanced. Foreign vigilantes protected remaining property while looters seized unburned shops. A Japanese silk factory burned and new fires were set as word spread of imminent Japanese arrival.
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Parking ban starts again in Grafton after holidays
Grafton parking regulations will be rigidly enforced from 7 a.m. tomorrow according to Chief of Police A E Lockard. He said the department has been fair during the holiday shopping season and now tight enforcement resumes.
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A. E. Lockard
New Charges Preferred Against Ford Company
Buffalo, Dec. 31 National Labor Relations board regional director Henry J. Winters announced a complaint against Edsel Ford and the Ford Motor company plant. The charges allege three violations of the Wagner act including interference with employees rights to unionize, spying on union meetings, and discrimination against 46 workers after layoffs for union activities.
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Ford Motor Company
Mrs McLean’s New Year Party At Friendship House
Mrs Edward Beale McLean hosts her yearly New Year’s Eve gathering at Friendship in Washington. About 600 guests, many social, financial and artistic figures, attend the celebration. The event, over 30 years old, is the capital’s largest holiday affair and surpasses the White House dance hosted by Roosevelt Jr. and Roosevelt the night before.
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Edward Beale McLean
White House
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Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
CCC Enrollment Third Of First Enlistment
Charleston December 31 The first West Virginia CCC enrollment for 1938 lists 345 boys entering civilian conservation work, far below 1937’s 1 009 in the first enlistment. Director A W Garnett reports 5 659 enrolled during 1987 and notes 2 700 white and 136 colored junior applicants await selection. Over 30 000 boys have served since 1933. Quotas set for offices include Huntington 47 Keyser 23 Parkersburg 29 Wheeling 37 Clarksburg 87 Welch 42 Ronceverte 34 Elkins 19 Charleston 57.
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New Boy Scout Troop Formed in Grafton
A new Boy Scout troop is forming in Grafton after a Wednesday meeting of 20 interested boys with Scout Commissioner Max Reidman and assistant Loran Hoffman at the Y M C A. A troop charter is being sought and the group may be inducted into Boy Scout ranks by February first. Attending boys include Clayton White Harold Miller Raymond Hensel Junior Lambert Robert Simmons John Junior Grob William White Clarefiée Thorp John Vogel Junior Hensel and others.
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Max Reidman
Loran Hoffman
Clayton White
Harold Miller
Raymond Hensel
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Robert Simmons
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Elks and Charity Ball Highlight New Year Events in Grafton
Social highlights in Grafton feature the annual charity ball at the Field House hosted by the Grafton Woman's club with Rolf Shahan and the Sovereigns of Sway. The Elks New Year's Eve party will have Four Deuces providing music. Large crowds are planned, with some attendees planning to attend both events.
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ELKS
Showdown on Fr Program Expected by Congress
Washington expects a showdown as the upcoming congressional session confronts President Roosevelt's major legislative requests. After holidays, Congress will hear the president’s annual state of the nation message and receive the budget early in the week. Relief measures may be delayed to March for a broader economic survey.
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Postal Receipts Rise Again In 1937
Postmaster James L. Murphy reported a five percent gain in local business. Postal receipts for 1937 totaled 35,550.89 dollars, up from 33,025.59 dollars in 1936. Only two quarters of the year failed to beat 1936 figures.
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Train Hits Automobiles on Thornton Crossing
Two Thornton youths Paul Nines 16 and Virgil Kites 19 barely escaped serious injury when their stalled car on a railroad crossing was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train. The drivers fled the vehicle before impact after the headlights blinded them as the approaching train neared.
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Paul Nines
Virgil Kites
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Civil War in Spain grows bloodier near Teruel
French and British dispatches report Franco’sInsurgent forces pressing a government line west of Teruel as the Bank of Spain siege collapses. Building bombs explode amid a ferocious assault trapping and possibly burying hundreds of civilians and soldiers.
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Trade Leveling Off Reported Last Month
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reported in November the district’s business and trade tended to level off after a sharp drop in September and October. Slump in coal output due to weak demand and unsettled markets accompanied a slight decline in employment and payrolls in all units except the District of Columbia.
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Life of Emile Zola Voted Best Film of 1937
New York film critics named The Life of Emile Zola Warner Brothers best motion picture of 1937. Paul Muni won top actor honors, Greta Garbo recognized for Camille, Gregory La Cava named outstanding director for Stage Door, and Mayerling named best foreign language film.
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Emile Zola
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Marguerite Gautier
Gregory la Cava
Stage Door
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Social Security Phase Shifts as Benefits Go Live
Washington December 31 The social security program moves into a new phase tomorrow with unemployment insurance benefits becoming operative in 21 states and the District of Columbia The act covers health service and vocational rehabilitation while most major provisions including unemployment insurance and old age benefits have begun in several states.
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Board of Education Truck Stolen and Recovered Unharmed
A one and a half ton truck taken from the Taylor County Board of Education garage disappeared last night and was found this morning near the Earl Layman garage on Webster Pike. It was undamaged and its tool stock appeared complete. Chief A. E. Lockard said police are investigating.
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Stolen Bicycles Recovered as Suspect Faces Court
Francis Henry Shaffer 22 of Newburg awaits trial today before Justice of the Peace Hoye G. White Sr. on bicycle theft charges after Police Chief A E Lockard announced recovery of two stolen bikes. One bike theft occurred after 6 30 p m yesterday from the back.
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Woman Is Quizzed In South Carolina Case
FBI agent James D. Reynolds said 22 year old Juda Ann Ellison is held in Hartland Clay county on motor vehicle theft charges and would be questioned about a South Carolina killing involving Lancaster Patrolman Frank Lowell. A second woman from Adkinson NC remains detained without charge as part of the inquiry.
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James D. Reynolds
Federal Bureau of Investigation
South Carolina
Juda Ann Ellison
Hartland
Clay County
Reynolds
Adkinson, NC
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New Year Celebrations Outline 1938 Plans Across State
Charleston reports that celebrations for the new year 1938 will echo prior years with church watch parties and nightclub fetes as principal festivities. Several communities reviewed varied schedules while retaining familiar customs for welcoming the coming year.
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Local Officers Warn Against Tipsy Driving
Sheriff Herbert Evans Chief of Police A E Lockard and Corp Fred F Strader of the state police joined today in a warning against drunken driving in Taylor county tonight We will arrest all tipsy drivers and clamp them in jail If you drive don t drink if you drink don t drive Chief Lockard said he planned to have all of his department on duty but expected no unusual trouble We ll be prepared however
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A. E. Lockard
Man given five days on fighting charge
John Poe described as a chronic panhandler received five days in county jail and a $10 fine after being found guilty of fighting in a Latrobe street poolroom before Mayor E Otto Wauga. The other defendant, Fred Rose, was discharged by the court.
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Two-Day Pacific Cruise Ends in Murder piracy on high seas
Federal agents hear a strange case of murder piracy and retribution aboard the schooner Aafie after a December voyage from San Pedro to Catalina. Dwight Faulding dies from bullet wounds, Jack Morgan is dead, and survivors recount Morgan seizing control and firing aboard.
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Tipsy Drivers To Be Nabbed In New Year Crackdown
Chicago dispatch reports police in many American cities prepare for a tough New Year’s Eve crackdown on drunken drivers. Special patrols and augmented traffic units join judges in pledging drastic action against drinking and driving. The National Safety Council urges heavy enforcement to reduce road fatalities, saying the time has come to get tough.
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