Abusive Letters Lead Guards for Wallis Simpson in Cannes
In Cannes on December 14 AP reports Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson faced abusive notes over her ties to Edward Duke of Windsor. A Surete Nationale detective became a special guard for her visits to Villa Lou Viei while Scotland Yard detectives were sent home. Household members call the crank letters a natural result of the royal scandal.
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Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward
England
Surete Nationale
Villa
Lou Viei
Scotland Yard
London
Duke of Windsor
Wallis
Duke of Windsor seeks Vienna doctor for ear ailment
The former king of England, now a private citizen, arrived in Austria and made an appointment with a Vienna ear specialist to treat a long-standing ear problem. He arrived with Mrs Wallis and was guarded at a Vienna chateau where he began life anew as Edward Windsor.
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Voeslau
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Vienna
England
Wallis
King George VI vow amid duties while Windsor rests abroad
The King pledged to uphold the realm's honor with God's help and support from Queen Elizabeth. Meanwhile Edward, Duke of Windsor, sought relaxation at an Austrian castle grounds as a private citizen and planned to consult a Vienna ear specialist for an old ailment.
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London
George VI
House of Lords
Edward
Duke of Windsor
Vienna
Abdication Sender Travels to Rothschild Estate After Exile
The former sovereign, in good spirits, was driven from Vienna to Baron Eugene de Rothschild’s country estate after a London to Portsmouth voyage on the Fury. He paused with a hand to his ear, unworried by the momentous decision to abdicate and rule without Wallis Simpson as wife. Mrs Simpson began the second week of seclusion in Cannes, France.
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Vienna
Heinrich Neumann
Baron Eugene de Rothschild
England
France
Switzerland
Portsmouth
Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson
Alps
Cannes
Archbishop Calls for National Renewal on King's Birthday
London dispatch reports Archbishop of Canterbury condemning former King Edward as a disappointment and urging Britain to reconsecrate itself. The article notes Edward’s retirement in Austria awaiting his wedding to Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson while his brother George VI remains active in royal duties.
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London
Church of England
Britain
Canterbury
Edward
Woeslau
Austria
Wallis Warfield Simpson
George VI
Gazette declines gossip on Edwards Simpson romance
Lancaster Eagle Gazette editor Edward J Mowery explained in an editorial that the paper would not cover King Edward's romance with Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson, barring an elopement or direct quotes. The paper shifted to news on December 3 under the caption News Not Gossip.
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United States
King Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Lancaster
Eagles Gazette
Edward J. Mowery
Edward
Ohio House to consider unemployment insurance bill
Columbus Ohio AP December 14 The state wide pool fund and merit ratings for top employers move to the House promised passage by week end after Senate action and a labor employer compromise A separate dispute seeks to block 21507 in mileage fees during a 140 day recess and an injunction suit funded by the Ohio Tax Limitation League for Arnett Harbage set for December 21 in common pleas court
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
State Senate
House
Ohio Tax Limitation League
Arnett Harbage
West Jeffeson Farmer
Common Plas
Dee
Football Banquet Tonight Honors Logan Chiefs
Russ Finsterwald of Athens, a renowned football official, will speak at the Logan Rotary Club banquet honoring Logan High School Chieftains and their coach Thomas Bender. Toastmaster is Bill Miller.
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Russ Finsterwald
Athens
Logan Rotary Club
Logan High School
Thomas Bender
Bill Miller
Logan City Appropriation Bill Sees First Reading
Logan City Council approved municipal appropriations for 1937 on first reading Friday night. A second reading will occur at the next regular meeting after minor changes, including a proposal for a monthly itemized expenditure report. The Wood St WPA paving project is authorized with 1657 for materials 125 for legal advertising and 58 for engineering.
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Logan
J. C. Meldrim
Treasury reports top incomes in 1935 tax returns
Treasury data show one American earned over 4 million dollars and forty others above 1 million last year. The preliminary 1935 returns filed through August indicate total reported income near 10.15 billion, with a 1929 comparison of about 860 billion.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Car Fire Sparks at Shell Station Reading Gauge
Loren Ralph of Logan lit a match to read a fuel gauge on his car at the Shell filling station at Front and Mulberry Streets. The gasoline ignited, flames spread to the engine, and city firefighters were summoned to extinguish the fire.
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Loren, Ralph
Logan
Shell
Front and
Mulberry Sts
Athens County Miners Await $300000 Pay
Athens Ohio December 14 AP five thousand Athens County coal miners face a payday nearing Christmas. The three pays totaling about 300000 dollars will arrive across December, November, and earlier, with about 35000 dollars more than the quarter million earned on November 28. Mines total 22 active sites, ahead of 1921 tonnage. miners are paid 68 cents per ton for loaders and 5.50 dollars per day for hourly or daily workers. they work five days a week seven hours daily with weekends off.
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Athens, O
Athens County
Four Lose Lives as Home Burns in Arrow Ohio
Geo. Thomas, 39, a rubber worker, was critically burned but saved two others as a two story frame dwelling burned. His wife Mary Thomas, 39, and their children Magdalen 13 Anna Mae 11 and George Jr 9 perished in the blaze, which trapped the family in a small bathroom of their apartment.
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Arrow
Geo. Thomas
Mary Thomas
Magdalen
Anna Mae
George, Jr
Thomas
Committed to jail in Hocking County for fine
Bernard Carr aged 42 of Logan was committed to the Hocking County jail Saturday for non-payment of an old fine assessed in Mayor Kenneth Fitzgerald court.
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Bernard Carr
Logan
Hocking County
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Chakeres Theater and Logan Daily News Join Holiday Baskets
Chakeres Theater and Logan Daily News cooperate to fill holiday baskets for Hocking county youngsters. Any nonperishable food item admits a child to a big Christmas party at the Chakeres Logan Theatre Saturday morning.
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Chakeres
Logan Daily News
Theatre manager plans daily western, entertainment noon
Paul, manager of the theatre, is arranging daily entertainment that will run until noon and feature a western at 9 o'clock. The events take place at the Logan Daily News office each day through Saturday between 9 A M and 5 P M, with food to be received and placed for attendees.
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Ing
Paul
Logan Daily News
Delay on League of Nations idea postponed at conference
Buenos Aires reports indicate the Inter-American Peace Conference will shelve proposals for an American League of Nations and an American Court. Juan Antonio Buero of Uruguay led a sub committee urges referral to the regular Pan American Conference at Lima in 1938, with initial polling showing likely majority support.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Antonio Buero
Uruguay
Lima
Rockbridge Man Denies Adultery Charge In Court
Charles E. Stockton, 64, of Rockbridge, denied adultery charges after arrest Saturday by Sheriff Joe Farbearn. He appeared before Magistrate S. B. Whitehart and was held to the grand jury under a $200 bond.
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Joe Farbearn
Charles. E. Stockton
Rockbridge
S. B. Whitehart
Ohio weekend traffic toll tops sixteen dead
A AP report details scattered weekend incidents across Ohio causing at least 16 deaths and many injuries. Two fatalities resulted from hit and run drivers, and another person died after falling from a moving wagon during the mis hap.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Moore On Crutches After Ankle Fracture Incident
Ralph Moore investigator for the Old Age Pension Bureau in Hocking County fractured two small bones in his ankle in a fall Saturday evening. He is able to get around on crutches.
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Ralph Moore
Old Age Pension Bureau
Hocking County
Logan men named to Ohio State University Glee Club
Ray Woodgeard and Don Poston of Logan have been chosen for the Ohio State University Men’s Glee Club after tryouts based on musical ability.
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Ray Woodgeard
Don Poston
Logan
Ohio State University
Herring-Hall-Marvin workers end eleven-day strike
About 350 employees at the Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co returned to their forges and lathes as an eleven day strike concluded. The workers resumed duties in Hamilton Ohio after the labor stoppage.
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Hamilton, O
Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co
Santa Claus Arrives in Logan to Open 1936 Christmas
Santa Claus arrived in Logan Saturday afternoon, drawing a large crowd of children to Worthington Park. He stepped from his car to officially open the 1936 Christmas season at the community tree, amid festive preparations.
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Santa Claus
Logan
Worthington Park
Italy Defaults Again on Debt to United States
The Italian government notified Washington it cannot meet its 2,141,593 dollar installment due December 15, the second of 13 debtor nations to default again. Britain had warned it would skip its regular semi annual payment and may discuss settlement.
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Washington
United States
Italy
Great Britain
City Prepares for Long Siege During Madrid Assault
Insurgent shells hit Madrid as Fascist and Socialist batteries clash in a bitter three hour battle. A heavy infantry drive from Montles to Pozuelo is reported cracked, marking five weeks of the siege with the heaviest fighting near Pozuelo and the San Fernando bridge.
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Madrid
Montles
Pozuelo
San Fernando Bridge
Burial Assn Reports Thirty Deaths and Assessments
The Workmen's Mutual Burial Association reports thirty deaths in the past year with total expenditures of $5275. Assessments for each member were six dollars during the year.
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The
Workmen's Mutual Burial Association
Santa Races Death In Trip To Hospital
Kansas City dispatch reports two terminally ill children, Charles Mendenhall aged five in Kansas City and Johnny Hernandez aged three in Omaha, finding brief joy as doctors say they have cancer of the bone and may not live to see Christmas. Charles pedals a tricycle in Mercy Hospital, his strength waning as he rides toward a hopeful final holiday memory.
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Kansas City
Santa Claus
Charles Mendenhall
Johnny Hernandez
Omaha
Santa
Mercy Hospital
Charles
Japan Charges Reds Behind New Uprising
Shanghai dispatches report China faces a disastrous civil war as central forces mass on the Shensi border to secure the release of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. Officials cite alleged communist sympathizers among new Nanking military council members to support the claim of a plot.
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Japan
Nanking
China
Shensi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nank
Thon
Chinese Military Council
Father held in girl’s death amid linked cases
EB Smoak, father and two wives who died in similar circumstances, was arrested along with housekeeper Mrs Harker, 28, as officers connected the death of a girl to prior alleged fatalities in the family.
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EB. Smoak
South
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