Farley says no trouble for Roosevelt on tour
Postmaster General James A. Farley, chair of the Democratic National Committee, reports a hasty tour across 18 confirmed Roosevelt states and nine bordering ones will ensure undiminished support for the president next November. He rejects straw polls and counters GOP claims of drift, noting no national trend shown by local assembly votes.
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Beaten Body Of Woman Found In Idaho Culvert
The shot and beaten body of Mil dred Hook, 22, abducted last Saturday by former husband Douglas Van Vlack, was found in a railroad culvert near Berger Idaho. Deputies said a bullet from a Tacoma Washington girl's head matched a pistol owned by Van Vlack, who is jailed on a murder charge tied to a state patrolman's slaying. The head injury was described as crushed by a rock.
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Berger
Tacoma
Washington
van Vlack
Work At Pinecrest To Commence Next Monday
Improvements to Pinecrest Sanitarium grounds will start Monday as part of a new WPA project. Concrete sidewalks and curbs, farm roads, drainage works, two poultry houses, a storage building, and landscaping will be built over about six weeks under District WPA engineer H F Willfong and Dr K M Jarrell.
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Thanksgiving Quiet Across West Virginia Counties
A peaceful Thanksgiving across Raleigh, Wyoming, and Fayette counties saw only two highway fatalities statewide. Hospitals reported no serious auto injuries, while ten Raleigh county residents were jailed for offenses tied to holiday excess. State police rescued Alfred Johnson from Big Beaver Creek after a Ford plunge during a pursuit near Glen Morgan.
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Farm family burned in Texas house fire tragedy
In Amelia community near Beaumont Texas Eddie Wayon 40 tenant farmer and his three young daughters Lillian 10 Margaret about 3 and Anna one month died in a Thanksgiving Eve blaze. The family drenched a wall with gas line to clean it igniting fumes that caused a stove explosion. Mrs Wayon and a sister outside could not save them. The incident adds to a Texas fire toll. Adolf Hitler listed in Germany’s Who’s Who this year with nine lines on a page.
Delegation sails for London naval conference
Washington November 29 America's delegation sails today for the London naval conference. Officials say they face long odds but will press to oppose sea power increases and curb naval construction for five to six years. Norman H. Davis will unveil American aims in the opening address as talks begin December 6.
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Marie Dionne the fifth quintuplet takes first walk
Callander Ont November 29 Little Marie the weakest of the Dionne quintuplets proved her growing strength by walking five steps at 18 months old Her parents Elzire and Oliva watched as she crawled to them while her sisters Yvonne Annette Cecile and Emilie toddled nearby Marie voiced by coos and grumbles in place of words, the family celebrates a milestone
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Stock Market Active In Morning Session
New York markets opened with fairly active trading and fractional gains. Leading advancers included Santa Fe, Consolidated Gas, Kennecott, DuPont, General Electric, Montgomery Ward, New York Central, U S Smelting, and Westinghouse.
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Bandits Kill Seven Near El Limon in Vera Cruz
Bandits raided near El Limon in Vera Cruz killing seven men including a municipal official. One person was kidnapped and severely beaten before being freed. Military forces pursued the group late yesterday.
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Mexican levee project to curb Rio Grande floods
The Mexican government advances construction of levees along the Rio Grande in Mexico City area to protect the Tamauilipas region opposite Brownsville Texas. The effort targets flood-prone banks and aims to shield communities from seasonal inundations.
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Eccles Woman Mary Louise Cox Dies After Illness
Mrs Mary Louise Cox 74 died at her son C H Coxs home in Eccles after a yearlong heart ailment. Born near Princeton October 10 1861 she was a Mercer county native and a Methodist Episcopal Church South member. Surviving are daughters Mrs S S Bowman Splash Dam Virginia and Mrs S Powers Bluefield Virginia. brothers and sisters Mrs I B Winfrey and Mrs Nannie Carbaugh Princeton J C Bailey and Johnson Bailey Ada and Lloyd Bailey Gardner. six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral at J C Baileys Ada Sunday 2:30 pm with burial in a family cemetery under Calfee Undertakers.
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China Clipper Lands In Manila After Pacific Air Mail Flight
The China Clipper completed an 8000 mile flight carrying the first air mail across the Pacific. The 25 ton transport circled Manila bay with army and navy planes in escort before landing at 2 31 a m Friday E S T after departing Alameda California a week earlier.
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France Bends To British Demand On Italian War Issue
Informed sources say France has assured Britain of support if Italy attacks British forces in the Mediterranean. Premier Laval, who once held up League sanction on an oil embargo, reportedly capitulated to British pressure, ending Italian hopes for further delay.
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Six Men Drowned In Sea Plane Crash At St. Raphael
Six crew members were aboard a sea plane returning from Mediterranean maneuvers when it capsized in St. Raphael harbor. Three members were drowned today, with three others surviving. The accident occurred during a training exercise off the French coast near Nov. 29.
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Mediterranean
Police Seek Beckley Man Frank Williams Missing
City police sought Frank Williams in Beckley after receiving a cryptic telegram from Charleston urging his return. The message signed T. V. Williams instructed police to locate him at once and Chief Dick Lewis asked the public to report any information on his whereabouts.
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Youth Critically Hurt By Mother In Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Calif Nov 29 Jesse Livermore Jr 15 son of a Wall Street operator was critically wounded when his mother fired a rifle. Both were intoxicated and an argument over drinking preceded the shot. Mrs Livermore was arrested at the hospital and guarded at bedside. The boy received a chest wound and was not expected to survive.
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Wall Street
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China Blaming Japan's Troops over North China Movement
The Nanking government accused the Japanese army of driving North China separation plans and protested to Tokyo. It said disgruntled elements with Japanese officers orchestrated the move and urged a halt to such activity. Nanking also demanded withdrawal from the Fengtai railway junction seized on Wednesday.
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Icelanders Claim Kinship to English King Line
About 100000 Icelanders assert descent from King George of England via their early settler, a brother of Rollo, ancestor of William the Conqueror. The claim ties Icelandic ancestry to medieval nobility across centuries and suggests historical migration links.
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Stanaford Pool Room Robbery Involving Teen Suspect
A 16 or 17 year old boy named Brownie Juno of Capels near Welch is jailed on breaking and entering for the Wednesday night robbery of the Stanaford pool room. He was arrested in Princeton after a Welch bound bus tip. A paper bag with nickels and two marble board games were taken, conservator Harmon said about $9 to $10.
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Bennett Wins Damage Suit Against Goforth Lines
H G Bennett of Beckley won a $185 verdict in Mercer county circuit court after claiming his mail truck was damaged July 6 when forced into a bank on the Winding Gulf Princewick road by a Goforth Freight Lines truck. Bennett sought $300.
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Mercer
Arthur Goforth
Princeton
Coal Tonnage For Past Week Shows Increase
New York November 29 National coal association estimates bituminous coal production for the week ended November 23 at about 8,000,000 net tons. The prior week output was 7,674,000 tons and the same week last year totaled 7,306,000 tons.
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New York
National Coal Association
Roman To Go On Trial On Kidnapping Charge
William Mavin Roman, 34, may go on trial late today for kidnapping Dorothey Evelyn Bradley, now 14, eight years after she was taken from her parents in Rupert in 1927. Bradley is the mother of his two year old son.
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Lewisburg
William Mavin Roman
Dorothey Evelyn Bradley
Rupert
Wife Slayer Hangs at Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison Iowa November 29 Reginald Tracy a 54 year old Manchester Iowa real estate man was hanged today for the murder of his wife in a case that prompted renewed debate over capital punishment in the state authorities confirmed the execution was carried out without incident.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Reginald Tracy
Manchester
Iowa State Penitentiary
Effigy of Georgia Governor Hanged at Capitol
A crude effigy bearing placards criticizing Gov. Eugene Talmadge was hanged from a tree at the Georgia state capitol in Atlanta. A card reading Old Gene Talmadge ain't what he used to be was attached.
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Eugene Talmadge
State Capitol
Gene Talmadge
Status of U S Army Unknown in North China
Washington reports a large question mark hangs over American troops in North China as Japanese forces concentrate there and seize railway control in Eastern Hopei. Two battalions of the 15th Infantry are in Tientsin guarding the Peiping sea route along with other foreign units. Officials say the detachment remains in the status quo with no special instructions and no incidents involving U S troops have occurred.
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Washington
China
Hopei
15Th
United States Infantry
Tientsin
Peiping
Craighead Appointed To Post In Hospital
President James A. Chambers of the board of control announced the appointment by Governor Kump of Dr. E. M. Craighead Jr. of Kimball as assistant physician at Welch Emergency hospital. Craighead, a Negro, succeeds Dr. E. L. Young, also a Negro recently named superintendent of the Lakin state hospital.
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E. M. Craighead, Jr
Kimball
Welch Emergency Hospital
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E. L. Young
Lakin State Hospital
Bradley Is Hut In Car Accident
C. E. Bradley of Meadowscourt, assistant manager at Metropolitan Life Insurance Local Branch, was injured when a truck collided with his car near Crow road and Glen Hedrick. He received treatment at Raleigh General Hospital for a ragged laceration to the right cheek. Bradley reported seeing two Evans Trucking Company trucks from Bluefield toward Beckley and attempted to avoid the impact. State police investigate.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
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Raleigh General Hospital
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Evans Trucking Company
Beckley
Family of Three Die In Thanksgiving Crash Near Jackson
A St. Louis family of three perished in a Lincoln County crash while en route to relatives for Thanksgiving. Paul Hoffman, his wife Marie, and their 3-month-old son John Paul died after Hoff man swerved off the highway and struck a car driven by Milo Parker of Hartford Illinois. Parker and five passengers in his car were injured, none seriously.
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St. Louis
Here
Paul Hoffman
Marie Hoffman
John Paul
Hoffman
Milo Parker
Hartford
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Italy Ready to Attack Britain Over Sanctions
Rome reports Italy stands ready to strike the British Mediterranean fleet if an oil embargo is imposed. Paris cites ambassador Cerruti warning war could follow, while Laval signals France will back Britain. Reuters cites Ethiopian officials stating bombing raids damage fortress near Jijiga. Washington orders arms firms to register with the munitions board.
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Coldest Swell Of Fall Hits Nation Hard
Winter weather swept the country from the Rockies to the East with Bemidji Minnesota recording five below zero. Lower Michigan saw its first substantial snowfall with two inches. Iowa roads were ice covered and six deaths were blamed on slick pavements. Chicago reported a light snow and 23 above while the forecast called for fairer, warmer conditions in the Midwest tomorrow.
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Engine Hits Stalled Auto and Kills Two in Pine Grove
A railroad engine struck a stalled automobile on the tracks in Pine Grove late last night, killing a man and his wife, Burl Delaney and his wife, as they were en route to relatives. Police said the couple lived in Pine Grove.
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Plane crash in Northwest China kills two in forced landing
An Eurasia Aviation tri motor plane crashed during forced landing in Northwest China killing two occupants and injuring two others, reported from Shanghai on November 29.
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Shanghai
Eurasia Aviation Corporation
China
Weather forecast and report for Beckley and area
The weather page notes cloudy and colder conditions with snow flurries in the north tonight, followed by a Saturday of fair conditions. Beckley yesterday reached a high of 54 degrees with a low of 28 as reported by L. A. Mauck.
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