Hungary Accepts Czech Offer in Peace Talks
Budapest and Prague moved toward a peaceful settlement of their long-standing border dispute. Hungary accepted the Czech offer to cede about 3,860 square miles with a predominantly Hungarian population and called for immediate military expert meetings to organize evacuation and occupation. A German Italian arbitration panel would handle eight disputed districts as mediators prepare further steps. Continued on page four.
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Budapest
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Rea
Zechoslovakia
Ipies Echor
Res Wents
Komarno
Danube
Dayton School Pupils Worried As City Closes Doors
Dayton Ohio October 23 The city shut schools as the treasury ran dry leaving thirty four thousand pupils from kindergarten to high school seniors to attend their last classes before a holiday that could stretch into the new year. Parents and officials feared the stoppage though a continuation on page two is noted.
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Dayton
Theatre Ticket Invitation For Tonight’s Strand Show
The Grafton Sentinel invites J Ida Williams of 865 East Main Street to attend tonight’s presentation at the Strand. The program features The Main Event with Robert Paige and Jacqueline Wells and Law of The with Buck Jones and Warner Oland.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
J . Ida Williams
E. Main
Ro Bert
Paige
Jacqueline Wells
Strand
Buck Jones
Warner Oland
Menuhin refuses guild join, bars LA Philharmonic
Los Gatos Calif October 28 Yehu di Menuhin the American violin virtuoso refuses to join the American Guild of Musical Artists paying 70 dollars the fee would be required to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic November 3 the 21 year old artist says his freedom as a freelance performer is at stake and that signing to authorize AGMA as exclusive agent is unacceptable.
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Los Gatos
Calif
Musicians’ Guild
Yehudi Menuhin
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
American Guild of Musical Artists
The
Philharmonic
Ballroom Reopens With Hallowe'en Party at Elks Home
The Elks Home ballroom resumes winter operations with a Hallowe'en party on Saturday hosted by the local lodge. Cecil Mylone chairs the entertainment committee, a floor show from Morgan Studio of Dancing will entertain, and a buffet luncheon will be served in the grillroom as the ballroom stays open nightly except Sundays until further notice.
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The
Elks Home
Cecil Mylone
Morgan
Latrobe Street Negro Fined for Gambling
Albert Wren, described as a negro, was fined 25 dollars and costs after being arraigned yesterday before Mayor P P Gillisple in municipal court. He entered a guilty plea to running a poker game that had prompted police complaints and was arrested on a warrant.
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Stee Eet
Stret
Albert Wren
P. P. Gillisple
Wren
Segro
Pick Hussion for Big Post on Relief Committee
William J. Hussion of Grafton was unanimously chosen by the advisory board of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad relief department to join the operating committee. He will be one of three employee representatives for 48 578 members, with the committee in charge of regulations and potential changes.
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William J. Hussion
Grafton
Relief Department
Baltimore and‘Ohio Railroad Company
Baltimore
Hussion
Earl B. Happman
Theft of Old Coins Is Charged Man Nabbed
Joseph Sapp of Parkview is charged after a July burglary in which coins valued at over 100 dollars and three silver dollars were stolen. He faces a hearing before Justice of the Peace A. B. Knabenshue as named in a banking and entering warrant filed by his mother-in-law Mrs J M Shaw.
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Joseph Sapp
Parkview
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Sapp
J. M. Shaw
Caih
Scuffle In Greeting Causes Death In Bluefield
Bluefield on October 28 reports a fatal accidental shooting when a playful greeting by a nephew led to a shotgun discharge. Mrs Ruby Bailey age 24 was struck in the abdomen and died. the nephew Clarence Bailey 14 was present and said the incident occurred as his aunt and her young daughter embraced him at the door.
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Bluefield
Ruby Bailey
Clarence Bailey
Ten Year Old Bride Found in Kentucky Mining Area
Prestonburg Ky Oct 28 Rosie Columbus ten years old records in Dr L B Sheppard office show the girl is ten and she was married Monday to 34 year old Fleming Tackett a widowed coal miner The license was obtained at Floyd County Court House by Rosies mother Grace Columbus who gave Rosies age as fifteen The Rev W G Ratliff said the vows were spoken in a hill country cabin near Paintsville where the couple will live
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Prestonsburg
Rosie Columbus
L. B. Sheppard
Johnson County
Fleming Tackett
Floyd County
Grace Columbus
Rosie
Paintsville
Sheppard
Jéhfisén County
W. G. Ratliff
Holt Praises WPA Reform Work by Sheppard's Committee
Senator Holt of West Virginia accused WPA misuse in election campaigns and urged Congress to bar relief funds from political use. He praised the Senate campaign expenditures committee for its investigations and criticized relief officials in several states as part of a national scandal demanding action.
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Washington
Holt
W. Va
WPA
Congress
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Relef
Young Boy Stabs Sister in Wilkinsburg Store
A 14 year old boy allegedly stabbed his 19 year old sister Gertrude Hamilton multiple times with a paring knife inside a Wilkinsburg store. He fled on a bicycle as onlookers gasped. The sister remained in critical condition at a hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Wilkinsburg
W. B. Nichols
Gertrude Hamilton
Nichols
Star Orators On Stump For Closing Week
Democratic and Republican leaders rush star orators to key regions for a final week of campaigning. With under a week to go before November 8 elections, rallies aim to energize voters nationwide as President Roosevelt prepares a Hyde Park radio address to back Lehman and the New York ticket.
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Washington
House
Lehman
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
New York
Three Killed Three Hurt In Mine Near Morgantown
A slate fall in Pursgrove mine No 5 near Morgantown killed foreman Mike Evanoff and two others Guerra Zeni and James Hunt. Three more men were critically injured and several coworkers freed others after the accident on a man trip taking out 50 workers. Injured were W R Hands and William Faulkner. all victims were from the Pursglove mining community.
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Morgantown
Pursgrove
Samuel Pursglove
Mike Evanoff
Guerra Zeni
James Hunt
W. R. Hands
William Faulkner
Pursglove
Jury Awards Child Big Damages In Liquor Case
In Chicago a three year old girl, Arlene Richine, was awarded $2,500 in a dram shop case against tavern owners Paul Sakes and Peter Waiunas after her mother, Antoinette Richine, died following a wager on a pint of whisky. The verdict, under the dram shop act, holds tavern keepers responsible for intoxication effects on patrons.
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Chicago
Arlene Richine
Arelene
Paul Sakes
Peter Waiunas
Antoinette Richine
Nazis Seize Polish Jews In Night In Berlin
Police in Germany routed hundreds of Polish Jews from their beds in a nationwide roundup and hustled them to police barracks for detention. The action, likely a prelude to deportation, targeted long time residents feared to be stripped of Polish status under a law to take effect October 30. Authorities were silent about the raids.
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Berlin
Germany
Japan warns France to stop arming China
Tokyo warns Paris Japan may take measures if arms supplies to China continue. Premier Konoye and ambassador Sugimura press France over open door policy as nine nation pact is deemed needing revision. Awaited U S reply to Grew note amid shifting China situation.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Prince Konoye
France
Japan
China
Hainan
South China
Yotaro Sugimura
Paris
Konoye
Charles Arsene Henry
Asahi
Ameri
Hankow
Canton
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Portugal
Voters Get Last Chance To Register On Tuesday
County Clerk Frank Bennett said the general election on November 8 requires voters to register or update their details at the county court meeting on Wednesday November 2. Those on the registration books must appear before the commissioners to be added or transferred if they have moved to a new precinct.
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Frank Bennett
Forest fires checked as patrols stay on duty
State Forester D B Griffin said a lot of hard work brought fires under temporary control but sunny weather could re ignite them before night. About 1,600 men remain on patrol across 60 fires with a forecast of cloudy conditions aiding suppression. Continued on page five.
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Charleston
D. B. Griffin
Griffin
Ex-Movie Queen Doris Kenyon Marries Lasker
Doris Kenyon famous from silent films wed Albert D. Lasker at the Waldorf Astoria New York. The ceremony included only close family. Kenyon is known as actress poet author and concert singer. Lasker, a Chicago businessman, led the U S shipping board and chaired the Lasker Foundation for medical research at the University of Chicago.
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New York
Doris Kenyon
Waldorf-Actoria
Albert D. Lasker
Chicago
Milton Sills
University of Chicago
Lasker
Flora Warner
Lasker Foundation For Medical Research
U. S. Shipping Board
Lord and Thomas
Red Activity Quiz Ordered by House Committee
Two members of the house committee investigating un Americanism will go to California in mid November to question 150 witnesses about Communist activities in the state. Chairman Dies announced before today’s hearing that the sub committee probably would consist of Representatives Starnes and Mosier. The panel has already heard testimony about Communism in California and a legionnaire Harper Knowles testified that three Democratic candidates in the state had Communist sympathies, drawing wide denials.
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Washington
House
California
Dies
Tex
Starnes
Ala
Mosier
Ohio
Harper Knowles
Henry G. Watters
Annual Poppy Sale By V F W Planned Saturday
The Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary sponsor a Buddy Poppy sale in Grafton tomorrow with 3 700 other cities. Proceeds support veterans programs for disabled vets and families. Poppies are assembled by disabled veterans in federal hospitals and paid for their work. Over 1000 poppies will be distributed locally tomorrow.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Grafton
United States
Four men held in pastor's murder linked to paroled woman
Brunswick Ga Oct 28 police credited paroled woman Carrie Stevens with furnishing information leading to arrests of two St Simons Island operators Henry J Cofer and W H Cofer and two black men George Cleyborn and Willie Green in the eight months old slaying of Dr Charles H Lee an Episcopal clergyman. Mrs Stevens and her husband H Grady Stevens were jailed on robbery counts after the shooting. Police said Lee had gone before Glynn county grand jury about gambling and vice on St Simons Island ten days before his death.
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Brunswick
Charles H. Lee
J. B. Register
St. Simon’s Island
Henry J. Cofer
W. H. Cofer
George Cleyborn
Willie Green
Ben T. Watkins
Macon
Glynn
Carrie Stevens
H. Grady Stevens
Dr.Lee
Griet Watkins
Watkins
Lee
Glynn County
St. Simon's Island
Trent Speaks to Educators in Charleston Address
In Charleston on October 28 Governor Holt pledged schools can stay open for the full term as W. W. Trent, superintendent of schools, urged hope for improved finances under proposed legislation. He spoke before two sessions, noting interim committee recommendations as the basis for a richer state program while allowing wealthier counties to enhance theirs.
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Charleston
Holt
State Education Association
W. W. Trent
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Dayton School
Dixie
Elmer L. Andrews
Claudius T. Murchison
Cotton-Textile Institute
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New York City
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Hallowe
Hon. A.C
Andy) Schiffler
Latrobe Street Negro
Pick Hussion
BIG Post
Grafton Railroad
Relief Dept
Kentucky
Young Boy Stairs
Far East
A. S
Issid
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Trent
J. B. McLaughlin
Taylor County
Sheriff's Office
Herbert Evans
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