Record Flight Endurance Feats Sparked by Prize Offer
National news wires report Hearst offers 25000 dollars for repeal plans to end the eighteenth amendment, with editorials predicting political shifts. In California and Missouri, aviators push endurance attempts, including Miss Bobby Trout aiming to break the 8 hour 6 minute mark, while other crews fly to set refueling endurance records using new aerial devices.
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Endurange
Air Big
Aet California
Ling
Los Apes Aterday
Blaine M. Tixhorn
Leonard Rhiner
Marshall
Belgium
Tuxhorn
Bobby Trout
Los Angeles
Roosevelt Field
New York
Viola Gentry
Parkersburg Merchant Killed By Automobile
Parkersburg merchant Herbert A. McKee died from injuries received when struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. C. Couch. Couch was held under a $1,000 bond for a hearing before a justice of the peace after the accident.
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Parkersburg
Herbert A. McKee
Topping Is Candidate For House Clerkship
Charleston report states C Le Topping of Charleston former state fire marshal officially announces his candidacy for the clerkship of the house of delegates at the upcoming legislative session. Topping previously served as house clerk for three sessions. Washington Pa mentions Robert S Winters VP and chair of the First Bank and Trust Co. of Washington.
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Charleston
C. le Topping
House of Delegates
Topping
Weshington
Roberts
Winters
The
First Bank and Trust Co
Washington
Kidnapped Girl Sought as Slaying Linked to Lost Clothing
Salt Lake City police pursued a possible link between the murder of June Nelson and missing items of clothing found after her body drifting in a canal. Investigators questioned four suspects and noted no footprints in snow. the girl was kidnapped on a street near her father’s confectionery before being slain. Betty Nelson, age five, reported an old man in a long overcoat attempted abduction near the store Friday night, but she escaped.
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Salt Lake City
June Nelson
Elothre
Betty Nelson
Hoover Keeps Mind Open On Next Cabinet
In Utah on January 2 1932 Herbert Hoover says cabinet selection will be his next major task after arriving in Washington. He plans conferences with Republican leaders nationwide to shape his executive team inviting Curtis Moses Lora Sackett Longworth Tilson Newton Fort and others as potential cabinet picks. He has not decided on appointments and will begin with Latin American goodwill tour before finalizing decisions.
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New York
W. R. ‘Hearst
Hearst
Edwin J. Clapp
Clapp
Durant Motors
W. C. Durant
Chester P. Mills
Republic
United States
Smith
U. S
Utah
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Hoover
Curtis
Moses
New Hampshire
Lora
Idaho
Sackett
Kentucky
Longworth
Tilson
Republican House
Newton
Minnesota
Fort
New Jersey
Kansas City
Hoov
No Probe Planned of Lynching of Convict
Governor T G Rilho announced he would not start an investigation into Charley Shepherd a convicted kidnapper killed by a mob in Jackson Mississippi. The coroner’s jury ruled death from causes unknown as Shepherd’s burned body lay at the prison farm pyre before burial. Arthur Jordan his attorney pondered a grand jury call as protests reached the governor’s office.
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Shepherd
Prison Farm
Fly on Wane in Far West
Washington reports influenza weakening west of the Mississippi and potential resurgence later in winter. U S officials warn against optimism as 24 states and New York City tally 30,009 new cases for the week ending December 29, with increases mainly in West Virginia. John W. Davis, 1924 Democratic presidential hopeful, will tour Fairmont January 2 as chief attorney for Clem Shaver in a coal land sales commissions suit against Consolidation Coal Company.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Public Health Service
New York City
West Virginia
Bar Association Proposes Constitutional Amendments
The West Virginia State Bar will sponsor two proposed constitutional amendments for the legislature to consider. One would allow more than one circuit judge per judicial circuit. the other would shift probate matters to the circuit court, affecting personal representatives guardians committees and curators. Three committees meet January 4 to finalize plans for presenting the amendments to voters, with the executive council in attendance.
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Charleston
West Virginia State Bar Association
Senate
House
M Judicial Circuit
Cuit
State Bar Association
Cou
Appeal for Aid to Flemington Distresses Needy
A Sentinel appeal by Captain W. H. Arnold Salvation Army and a Kiwanis Committee urges clothing food medicines and money for Flemington district families. Dog Town area visited 23 homes with 30 families given rations. A field storehouse opened with $300 Kiwanis funding as four days of food remain.
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Flemington
Sentinel
W. H. Arnold
Salvation Army
Kiwanis Club
Dog Town
G. Wesley Evans
Karl J. Nuzum
James C. Holt
Grafton
Memington
Herrick gravely ill in Ohio estate in 1920s
Myron T. Herrick ambassador to France, 74, grew worse at Gates Mills home after bronchitis, but not yet critical. Dr John Phillips and nurse with oxygen attended him as his fever abated. In Chicago a deep freeze left one dead and two frozen, with zero to three degrees below zero readings and a warming trend expected tonight.
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Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
France
Parmaley
Varmaley Herrick
John Phillips
Gates Mills
Herrick
Paris
Phillips
Pilips
Chicago
Peace treaty may be given early action
Proponents of the Kellogg peace treaty near a vote ahead of the naval construction bill. Senate leaders seek an agreement to dispose of the treaty before the cruiser measure, ensuring a naval bill vote before recess. Treaty advocates expect to keep the pact before the Senate with possible executive consideration.
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Washingon
Jan
Senate
Borah
Foreign Relations Commitee
Hale
Naval Committee
Reed
Ouri
Contunen
West Virginia Electors Record Hoover Curtis Vote
West Virginia Republican electors gathered in Charleston to record the presidential and vice presidential vote for Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis. Six of eight electors attended. illness delayed two. Governor Gore opened the meeting. H C Ogden chaired, and R Dennis Stead acted for Lincoln. Written ballots produced six certificates mailed to Washington. new pens were presented as souvenirs.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Gore
Harry C. Compton
Grafton
John J. Lincoln
Elkhorn
Compton
T. W. Engle
R. Dennis Stead
Lincoln
H.C Ogden
Wheeling
James A. Meredith
Fairmont
M. Fredlock
Elkins
J. B. Overton
Cairo
John
B. Easton
Williamstown
L. Burke O’neale
Montgomery
Ogden
Stea
Hoover
Curtis
Washington
Oeden
Ford to hire 30,000 at Michigan plant crowds forms lines
Detroit January 2 crowds estimated at 32,000 gathered at the Ford Motor Company employment office to learn that 30,000 more workers will be added. Officials say 500 to 600 hires daily until the total is reached, with March 1 target to run six days weekly while keeping a five day week for staff.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Fordson
Ford
Three School Girls Die in Dormitory Fire at Oregon Normal
Monmouth January 2 A fire sparked by a Christmas tree in a private dormitory at Oregon Normal School last night burned three Portland girls to death as six others escaped by jumping from a second story porch. The blaze started after the holiday break as students returned to resume their studies. The ignition is attributed to faulty wiring and rapid flames engulfed curtains and furnishings.
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Monmouth
Oregon Normal School
Portland
King George Reported Much Better Amid Optimism
London reports an optimistic note on King George as doctors note retained improvement. Home Secretary Sir William Joynson Hicks says the worst of the illness is over and he departs for a brief holiday in France. Calcium treatment under discussion sparks general hope for steady betterment and improved heart support.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
William Joynson-Hicks
France
Sir William
Milk supply plan prompts Huntington guard stand
Huntington January 2. James Boyce Taylor opposes using the Huntington unit of the National Guard to enforce a city milk ordinance barring transport from dairies not inspected for bovine tuberculosis. Evelyn C Moore extends enforcement to January 15 due to influenza and limited veterinarian access. Rena Prim, clerk in the county clerk’s office, is recovering from influenza.
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Huntington
James Boyce Taylor
Huntington Unit
National Guard
Evelyn C. Moore
National Guardsmen
Miss Moore
Misa Rena Prim
Baby Boy Burned to Death in Fire Tragedy
Youngstown report details Charles Cecil McFall two, son of Laverne McFall, killed when the McFall home was destroyed by a fire caused by an elf explosion after kerosene was poured on coals. The incident follows other blast deaths within 24 hours, including Mildred Miller age three and Jackie Miller age seven who perished in a separate blaze.
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Youngstown
Charles Cecil
Laverne McFall
McFall
Mildred
Jackie
John Miller
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M. T. Herrick
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