Lincoln Day Dinner in Taylor County Planned
Handwriting expert says Bruno did not write notes for Lincoln Day dinner to be hosted at the Moose Home on Lincoln’s birthday Tuesday February 12. The event is sponsored jointly by the Republican county executive committee and the Young Republicans Club of Taylor County with an elaborate program in preparation and tickets on sale at Turner's and Cross Pharmacy.
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Taylor County
Republican County Executive Committee
Young Republians Club
Moose Home
Tmne
Couny Committee
Hamilmn Pish, Jr
New York
Fish
Taylor Co
Turner's
the Cross Pharmacy
James C. Holt
E. Bailey Wyckoff
Myrtle Thayer
Helen Ross
Curtis Lambert
Lenore Baker
H. R. Haislop
A. R. Bolyard
Wilson Leads Eight-Week Taylor County Research Program
O P Wilson, local newspaperman, is in charge of an eight week Taylor County historical data survey initiated to build a state county record. The effort, announced by FERA headquarters after a visit by G N Smith, seeks residents to submit historic information to Taylor County Research Worker Grafton.
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Taylor County
O.P. Wilson
Kump
Wilson
FERA
G. N. Smith
Ksburg
Teesearch
Grafton
Auto code extended creating labor dispute at AFL
Washington reports growing tension as the Roosevelt administration extends the automobile code to spread employment without AFL wishes. William Green denounces it as labor being imposed without a hearing. NRA explains AFL leaders were not consulted citing Machine elections in Detroit supervised by the government. The National Automobile Labor Board led by Dr. Leo Wolmen notes high worker turnout in plant elections.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of S
Roosevelt
Green
William Green
NRA
Blue Eagle
National Automobile Labor Board
Leo Wolmen
Kingwood Father Fears His Daughter Kidnaped
Kingwood, February 1. John Purinton told authorities his 14 year old daughter Peggy Evelyn Purinton and classmate Mai Marguerite Laird have been missing since January 14. He cited mysterious letters from various cities offering his daughter clerk employment as basis for fear of kidnapping. Prosecutor Melvin Snyder noted no trace of the girls.
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Kingwood
John Purinton
Purinton
Melvin Snyder
Peggy Evelyn Purinton
Mai Marguerite Laird
Striking Miners End Hunger Strike in Hungary Truce
About 625 miners who spent 35 hours underground in two coal mines near Pécs Hungary emerged at 2:30 am and announced willingness to negotiate after a self-imposed imprisonment ending this morning. Officials and miners prepared to resume talks to resolve the dispute over wages and conditions.
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Pees
Hungary
Heflin Named Quota Club Leader in Grafton
Ane Heflin proprietor of Heflin's Style Shop a leading Grafton businesswoman will head the Grafton Quota Club this year. She was chosen at a called meeting of the club at the home of retiring president Mrs. Rhea Fisher on East Washington street to hear the nominating report and act on it. Selected to serve with Mrs Heflin were Mrs Mae Reger as first vice president Mrs Fisher as second vice president Mrs Florence H Wilkinson as third vice president Miss Ethel Watson secretary and Mrs Genevieve Jackson treasurer New directors chosen were Mrs Josephine Sidrow and Miss Kath.
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S. Ane Heflin
Heflin
Grafton
Limit of Length of Trains Set by Bill
Delegate Haythe introduces a safety bill in Charleston to limit freight trains to one half mile or 70 cars and mixed trains to the same length with a 14 coach limit. The measure seeks to reduce risks by capping train length and passenger car count.
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Charleston
Haythe
Summers
Hinton
Saar plebiscite stirs tension beyond Reich borders
Berlin reports the Saar plebiscite as a milestone for European pacification but notes potential trouble among Germans living outside the Third Reich. In nearby Danzig, Albert Forster urged that a vote to rejoin Germany would show universal loyalty to the Reich, signaling wider regional tensions.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Saar
Europe
Danzig
Albert Forster
Germany
Dango
Reich
Little 4
Contin
Major's Love Affairs Told Federal Jury
Grace Brandon testified about a romance triangle involving Maj Charles A Shepard in the murder trial at Fort Riley. Prosecutors say Shepard poisoned his wife to pursue a second relationship. Brandon described Shepard professing eternal love and plans to elope, drawing mixed reactions from the courtroom.
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Topeka
Kas
Ro-Mence
Grace Brandon
Charles A. Shepard
Youth Awaits Hanging in New Orleans Prison
New Orleans February 1. Louis Kenneth Neu a 28 year old night club entertainer and adventurer faced execution for the slaying of Sheffield Clark a wealthy Nashville Tennessee businessman. Neu described as dapper and carefree prepared to meet death and even planned to rise early to ensure everything would be right for the hanging.
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New Orleans
Louis Kenneth Neu
Sheffield Clark
Nashville, Tenn
Nell
House Kills Censure Move By Tabling It
Charleston February 1 The Democratic House of Delegates tabled a resolution demanding Governor Kump present his general legislative program immediately. The measure backed by Republican minority of 22 failed, with floor leader LaFon saying the move would discredit prior acts and deny proper study of bills passed at the last session.
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Charleston
Democratic House of Delegates
H. G. Kump
House
Kump
LaFon
Monroe
Butcher
Wood
Iment
Pick Swisher to Run Survey in Taylor Co
Kenneth Swisher of West Main street is named rural electrification survey director for Taylor county by Harold P. Kramer. A complete survey will assess farm home electrification needs and rural power use across the state with four to five enumerators under Swisher. Data will be sent to Charleston and Washington for a national report after statewide field work.
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Kenneth Swisher
West Main Street
Taylor County
Harold P. Kramer
FERA
Swisher
Kramer
Charleston
Washington
New York Woman Attorney Agnes Turverson Alive
Police say Ivan Poderjay admitted marrying Agnes Turverson in Vienna. He is pictured in New York being brought for questioning on bigamy charges and the lawyer's disappearance. Poderjay allegedly offered to locate Miss Turverson if charges were dropped.
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Agnes Turverson
New York
Ivan Poderjay
Vienna
Austria
Poderjay
Miss Tufverson
Order 38 Men Back to Work in R R Shops
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces 15 carmen from Monongah division seven and eight from Fairmont returned to work after furloughs. Additional orders call 23 machinists in locomotive shops, 11 in Grafton and 12 in Fairmont, to report February 6 with further returns planned next week.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Ralph Cline
Carmen
Monongah
Fairmont
Grafton
Twenty Persons Injured In Train Collision At Farmington
Farmington Mass Feb 1 Twenty persons were injured when a gasoline motor train of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad ran through a switch and crashed into a rear freight train on a sid ing Leslie A Rylander 56 of Framingham baggage man on the passenger train was taken to a hospital with possible skull fracture and other injuries at the scene Authorities investigated the cause of the switch failure and the extent of the injuries among passengers and crew.
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Farmington
Mass
New York, New, ‘Haven
Hartford
Leslie A. Rylander
Framingham
Stricter Code Enforcement Proposed in West Virginia
Charleston reports a push for stronger code enforcement via goodwill surveys in West Virginia's 10 leading cities. NRA officials, including F Witcher McCullough and Sol A Rosenblatt, urge harsher action against willful violators and vow state industry backing to enforce compliance. They cite rising West Virginia commerce in 1934 and improved employment as signs of recovery through cooperative efforts.
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Charleston
West Virginia
F. Witcher McCullough
NRA
Wheeling
Sol A. Rosenblatt
Rosenblatt
Driver in Death Car Waives Hearing on Manslaughter Charge
Martinsburg February 1 Joseph Snell twenty year old driver of a automobile that skidded onto a pavement and fatally injured J H W Sloan pedestrian here last Saturday waived a preliminary hearing when arraigned on a manslaughter charge yesterday and was ordered held under fifty dollar bond for the February grand jury He furnished the bond I think died three hours after being struck Snell told arresting officers he was trying to avoid hitting a dodder when the car started its tragic slide
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Martinsburg
Joseph Snell
J. H. W. Sloan
Igloan
Snéll
Debt settlement with Soviet Russia impossible
Washington officials today considered a bank plan to foster Soviet credit after Soviet debt talks stalled. The United States reportedly refused Moscow’s demand for a $10 million cash loan as a condition for any accord, signaling the negotiations’ end.
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Soviet Russia
U. S
Washington
Russia
Moscow
United
United States
Tate
Handwriting expert undercuts Lindbergh ransom notes claim
Flemington New Jersey February first 1932 Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s first handwriting expert disputed eight opposing craftsmen findings and testified Hauptmann did not write the 14 Lindbergh ransom notes. John Trendley East St Louis Illinois testified Hauptmann did not author the notes. Court opening delayed by judge’s conference.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
John M. Trendley
East St. Louis
Trendley
First Night Shift Begins Work at Dam Site
Freder ick Snare Corporation and Sutton Construction Car workers start the first night shift at a $12,000,000 dam project near Grafton Park. Two crews operate from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., building coffer dams and driving steel piles into the river bed. The upstream arm of the coffer dam nears completion as finishing touches are applied.
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Frederick Snare Corporation
Sutton
Grafton Park
Rij
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Federal Jury
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R. R
Cline
Illinois
Osborn
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