Holt Heads West Virginia Democrats to U.S. Senate Win
Rush Dew Holt, 29, leads a sweeping Democratic victory in West Virginia. Holt vows “100 percent for Roosevelt” and plans six years in the Senate, as Republicans suffer a large defeat. Major party sweep includes full delegation to the House and a solid Democratic majority in the state legislature. Precincts still untallied do not change the outcome.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Rush Dew Holt
Henry D. Hatfield
McDowell County
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
House of Delegates
Mt Hope Girl Injured In Fall At University
Morgantown November 9 A 20 year old Mt Hope freshman at West Virginia University fell 30 feet from a balcony to a concrete floor in Science Hall. Lillian Margaret Keyser suffered possible skull and neck fractures and a broken right arm. She is the daughter of W L Keyser of Mt Hope.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Lillian Margaret Keyser
Mt. Hope
West Virginia University
Science Hall
Miss Keyser
W. L. Keyser
Giant Elevator Fire Kills Four At Chesapeake and Ohio Plant
The Newark News reports a massive Chesapeake and Ohio grain elevator burned after an explosion. Eight workers were inside. four escaped while four are believed dead in the $2,000,000 blaze. Officials blamed spontaneous combustion for the blast.
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Newark News
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
McDowell County Rejects All Star Football Game
McDowell County principals voted against the all star game planned for December 8 in Bluefield between Southern West Virginia High School Conference sections. Coach Hartell, league secretary, telegrammed Ken Shroyer that the northern team coach, confirming the event is off.
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Southern
West Virginia High School Conference
Hartell
Ken Shroyer
McDowell County
Rickenbacker Sets Record Flight Across Nation
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and crew completed a record transcontinental flight in 12 hours 3 minutes 50 seconds, beating the previous 13 hour 2 minute mark. The Douglas twin motored airliner, with two pilots and three passengers, left Burbank at 5:42 am and refueled in Kansas City, averaging 221 mph over 2,609 miles. Rickenbacker hailed the flight as proof that commercial flying is improving and time can drop further.
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Newark
Eddie Rickenbacker
Newark Airport
Richard Aldworth
National Aeronautic Association
Kansas City
Rickenbacker
California
New York
St Morehouse
Charles W. France
Roy W. Howard
Henry McLemore
James L. Kilgallen
Burbank
Cal
Rockies
Father McGlone Killed In Crash Funeral Rites Set
Funeral services for Father J. J. McGlone, killed in an automobile accident near West Union yesterday, will be held at Saint Joseph's Cathedral Wheeling on Tuesday. Bishop J. J. Swint will celebrate a requiem high mass. McGlone, pastor of Logan Catholic Church, suffered what appeared to be a heart attack while returning from Wheeling to Logan when his car left the road and struck the windshield. He had been active in local services and previously served in Kanawha City. He is survived by a brother, Father Lawrence McGlone of Washington, D. C., with his mother and two other brothers residing in Ireland.
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Logan Catholic Church
Logan
Kanawha City
Lawrence McGlone
Washington, D. C
Ireland
Election Meeting For First Baptist Sunday Class
Mrs. Bessie Carroll leads First Baptist Sunday School class meeting at her home tonight at eight for officer elections. Members urged to attend in full.
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Bessie Carroll
First Baptist Church
Northern Democrats Push for House Speakership Post
After a Tuesday victory, northern Democrats begin a drive to seize the House speakership from the south, led by Kennedy who argues New York is entitled to the post. The contest could draw White House involvement as three southern contenders remain in the lead following Speaker Rainey’s death.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Martin J. Kennedy
Tammany
Five Slain Men Inferred Today In Democratic Parade
Five men slain during a Democratic parade in Kelayres Pennsylvania are honored by state leaders led by U S senator elect Joseph F Guffey and governor elect George H Earle with honorary pallbearers. Lieutenant Governor elect Thomas Kennedy is absent detained in Washington.
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Associated Press
Kelayres
Pennsylvania
Joseph F. Guffey
U. S
George H. Earle
Thomas Kennedy
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Joseph Bruno
Pottsville
Elect
Earle
Philadelphia
Strife Feared In New Cabinet in France
Paris November 9 The cabinet of Pierre-Etienne Flandin, France's new premier, pressed ahead with a program aimed at economic revival and unemployment reduction. The public was generally satisfied and no violent disorders followed the earlier government downfall, though some provincial crowds shouted against parliament.
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Associated Press
Paris
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
France
Flandin
Gaston Doumergue
Kidnaper Sends Note To Father
Nashville reports the department of justice investigates a note received by Thomas H. Robinson Jr. amid a kidnapping case involving Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll. Robinson turned the note to District Attorney General J Carlton Loser, with federal agents hoping it clues Thomas H. Robinson Jr.'s whereabouts.
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Nashville
Department of Justice
Thomas H. Robinson Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Robinson
Tennessean
J. Carlton Loser
Publicity Push Urged for NRA as Press Contacts Lapse
Washington November 9 A six week lapse in NRA board press contact spurs call for reestablishing transparency. Special adviser S Emory Thomason reports lack of a publicity chief and no executive head of the press section, noting two directors refuse press talks and only one press conference occurred. He urges a public relations director authorized to inform the press on industry labor and consumer matters.
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Associated Press
Washington
Blue Eagle
S. Emory Thomason
Chicago
Thomason
Market Opens With Selective Buying On Wall Street
Se lective buying appeared in early trading today. Among shares holding about even were U S Steel, General Motors, American Telephone, and several others.
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Wall Street
N. Y
U. S. Steel
General Motors
American Telephone
State auditor rules whiskey warehouse receipts are securities
The state auditor’s office has ruled that Whiskey Warehouse receipts are securities and must be registered before sale in West Virginia. It is reported a considerable volume of these receipts is being sold in the state, but unregistered receipts could lead to prosecution of sellers or deliverers.
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State Auditor’s Office
West Virginia
No Trace Found Of Missing Plane In Beacon Mountain
In Beacon New Jersey on November 9 searchers from Beacon city police state troopers and around 300 locals were scouring Beacon Mountain for a missing plane. They had found no trace of the aircraft though belief persisted it may have crashed after flying low past the mountain.
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Beacon Mountain
Beacon City
Farley Praises Campaign and Patronage Tone
Washington November 9 Associated Press reports Democratic National Committee Chairman Farley praised the campaign as good and fun and cheap. He smiled while seated with the postmaster general discussing patronage and promised to take care of deserving new Democrats as results matched his forecast.
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Associated Pross
Washington
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Retail Trade Moves Ahead Across Nation
The Associated Press reports a nationwide surge in retail trade this week, with Dun and Bradstreet noting the public is in a buying mood and retailers must replenish seasonally low stock. Gains were strongest in the south and southwest regions.
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Associated Press
New York
Dun and Bradstreet Inc
Teachers Federation Meeting For Raleigh County Branch
The Raleigh county branch of the American Federation of Teachers invites members to a meeting at Heber Street Methodist Church tomorrow at 3 o clock. President H T Stovall announced the event.
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Raleigh County
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American Federation of Teachers
Heber Street Methodist Church
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Democrats Have Widest Margin After Election Day
Washington reports a major Democratic landslide with about four fifths of key offices captured. House 321-103-3-7-1. Senate 69-24-1-1-1. Governors 38-8-1-1. Nationwide popular vote 15.3 million Democrats to Republicans 12.3 million. 30 states give Democrats full control of offices. 18 states swing to Democrats in all major roles.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
House
Senate
American Legion To Meet Tonight in Memorial Building
The American Legion plans an evening meeting at the Memorial building with magician J B Robertson performing the black art for entertainment. W R Fugitt announces Armistice day prep, and J Lewis Bumgardner will deliver the Armistice day address with a music program enhancing the solemn 40 and 8 service.
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Memorial Building
W. R. Fugitt
J. B. Robertson
Mabscott
J. Lewis Bumgardner
Beckley
Bandits raid First National Bank in Cedar Grove
A seven to eight man heavily armed gang raided the First National Bank in Cedar Grove New Jersey, using tear gas to cover their escape and fleeing with between 9000 and 10000 dollars in cash.
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Associated Press
Cedar Grove
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First National Bank
Blankenship Trial Today in Local Court
Evidence finished before noon in the James Blankenship case near Mullens for breaking and entering a Ragland powder magazine on August 24. He denied参与 the crime and claimed two men, including a man named W M Roach, broke in. he suggested officers forced a confession. Other trials concluded: Al Clemens pled guilty to unlawful wounding and was sentenced to a year and a day. James Stump pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and was sent to the boys industrial school. Three Sand Lick youths were found not guilty after deliberation in the beating of Albert Williams.
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James Blankenship
Mullens
Ragland
Criminal Court
States
Blankenship
W. M. Roach
J. W. Kazic
al Clemens
Stotesbury
James Stump
D. W. Anderson
Sprague
Sand Lick
Gilmer
Orville Athey
Austin Quesinberry
Albert Williams
Hitler Opposed By Many, He Says On Anniversary
Adolf Hitler claimed many Germans still oppose Nazism in a Munich speech marking the 11th anniversary of his first putsch. He urged brave fighters, said opponents want Germany to be weak, and asserted the party is only at the beginning of its mission.
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Associated Press
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Germany
United States Fleet Returns to California
A large crowd of navy families welcomed the fleet back to southern California today. About 20,000 women and children arrived to reestablish homes in San Diego and Los Angeles where the fleet will be based.
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Los Angeles
Navy
United States
California
San Diego
Gas Supply Fails in Pennsylvania Town
A large group of men in Erie, Pennsylvania, sought out gas outlets after a sudden city gas supply failure. They urged residents to close every outlet to prevent explosions until the Pennsylvania Gas Company could safely resume delivery.
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Pennsylvania
Associated P’ress
Erie
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Tragic Mass Murder Suicide In Stoneham Family
In Stoneham Massachusetts November 9 Joel Lidquist 27 strangled wife Corrine 26 with a belt stabbed a 12 day old infant and his two year old daughter then hanged himself A bloodied note written in blood lay on a table near the scene police found the bodies after a downstairs neighbor reported a missing family member The mother was found with a belt around her throat as investigators described a grim night of violence tied to a Christmas toy making project.
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Associated Press
Stoneham
Mass
Joel E. Lid
Corrine
Two Jobs Await House Senate In State Legislature
Charleston reports two major tasks loom for the legislature before it convenes in two months. Lawmakers will consider liquor control legislation with a deadline of March 1 1935 to align with repeal measures. Auditor Edgar B Sims seeks an extension of time for property owners to redeem lands delinquent for unpaid taxes and to revive a relief measure that expired last June 30 removing extra penalties.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Sims
Trap Hill Alumni Meet Before Homecoming Game
Trap Hill High prepares for a homecoming football clash with Mont coal at Surveyor tomorrow afternoon. A meeting of former graduates will form the alumni association at 1 30 p m led by Kelvin Fitts. An informal reception by 35 members of the class of 1935 follows in the school library before the 2 30 game.
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Trap Hill High School
Montcoal
Surveyor
Kelvin Fitts
Weather report from Beckley announces temperatures
Beckley weather update notes yesterday's high of 61 degrees and a low of 22 degrees, announced by L. A. Mauck.
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