Panama Canal Guards Guard Against Rumored Plots
Rumors of a threat to blow up canal gates prompted strict security at Gatun. Assistant superintendent H M Thomas denied the threat as military intelligence also rejected it. The Fourteenth Infantry encamped on the walls, strangers barred, and only identified lock workers admitted. Guards posted 24 hours a day with four months anticipated.
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H. M. Thomas
Gatun
Thomas
Military Intelligence Service
Fourteenth Infantry
Canal Zone
United States
County agents head to Blacksburg to discuss 1935 corn contracts
County Agent I. Fred Stine of this county and C. C. Funkhouser of Clarke county left yesterday for Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg to attend sessions where corn contracts for 1935 will come up for consideration. They expect to return to their homes next Friday.
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I. Fred Stine
This
C. C. Funkhouser
Clarke County
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Names Must Be Different Under British Ship Naming Law
The rule states no two ships may share a name. Vessels may append words like Ort Castle or Abbey to distinguish them, but the base names must be new and unique.
Civilization faces peril from internal and external strife
The text argues that the highest civilization the world has produced risks self-destruction through social and economic turmoil within nations and through wars between them, urging caution and unity to avoid catastrophe.
Tavenner to Hear Three Cases at Start of New Year
Trial Justice A J Tavernner will hear three cases as business opens for the New Year. Harry Donald faces a petit larceny hearing over stolen automobile parts from G H Lineburg of Kernstown. Dan Crigler of Armel faces a liquor to minors charge. Five others arrested for illegal liquor face hearings tomorrow. E W Morgan of Bollivar West Virginia was fined $14.24 for drunkenness.
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A. J. Tavernner
Harry Donald
G. H. Lineburg
Kernstown
Dan Crigler
Armel
Roy Hutzler
Wilson Lowe
Howard Brill
Raymond Unger
Madeline Shane
E. W. Morgan
Bollivar
W. Va
Harpers Ferry
Winchester Institute Set to Open After Holidays Tomorrow
The Winchester Institute will open tomorrow morning January 2 announced by director Weston O. McDaniel. First term exams run January 28 to 31 with the second term starting February 1. About 60 students are enrolled and the community’s demand will determine if the institute returns for a second year with potential new courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Institute
Weston O. McDaniel
University of Vir
Richmond
Five Aged Men Perish In Cherokee County Fire
Five elderly men died and 15 were injured when a fire destroyed the main building of the Cherokee county home in freezing weather. Convicts from a nearby camp helped rescue residents and rush them to hospitals as about 50 people lived in the facility. The origin of the blaze was not immediately known. The dead include Tom Young 73 Pink Young 68 Frank Franklin 75 Wash Gregory about 70 and Alf Emory about 70.
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Red
Cherokee County
Pata Ned
Tom Young
Pink Young
Frank Franklin
Wash. Gregory
Alf Emory
Poison bait for rats and mice available through county agent
Persons may obtain red squill poison bait for mice and rats infesting the ore around houses and outbuildings through their county agent. The bait comes in cartons of three cans, each can treats about 100 doses, at 50 cents per carton.
Chase to stand trial for life in Chicago case
John Paul Chase, described as the gangster companion of Baby Face Nelson in the murder of two federal agents near Chicago, will stand trial in Chicago. He was captured at Mount Shasta California after a period of evasion and showed no resistance when cornered.
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John Paul Chase
Department of Justice
Baby Face
Nelson
Chicago
Mount Shasta
Cal
Chase
Rev Lee McLean Named Pastor of Union Church
Winchester Presbytery voted yesterday to dissolve the pastoral relation with Capon Bridge WV churches so Rev J Lee McLean can accept a call from a Kanawha Presbytery church. He plans to leave for his new work next week. A call for Capon Bridge is possible for Rev Preston O SarteHe. Installation commission was appointed for Rev John C B McLaughlin at Shepherdstown and Kerneysville WV. Installation scheduled Sunday January 13 with services in Shepherdstown morning and Kernneysville at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee McLean
Union Church
Winchester
Loudoun Street
J. Lee McLean
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Kanawha
West Virginia
McLean
Preston O. SarteHe
The
Prebytery
John C. B. McLaughlin
Shepherdstown
Kearneysville
J. W. Witherspoon
McLaughlin
Henry W. McLaughlin
Southern General Assem
Miss Elsa Sittell Jailed in Germany Over Remarks
Former New York law office secretary Miss Elsa Sittell, a naturalized American born in Saarland, spent holidays in a German jail after allegedly declaring Hitler a Jew and criticizing Brown Shirt uniforms. She had traveled to vote in the January plebiscite and faced fines while attempting to cross the border to visit her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsa Sittell
New York
Hitler
Minor Quakes Probable Along Pacific Coast
Experts at the Carnegie Institution seismological laboratory in Pasadena said it was very probable that there would be a number of minor shocks today after yesterday’s southern Pacific tremor. The quake’s epicenter was about 12 miles south of the international border near Calexico. Highways buckled and deep cracks appeared near a volcanic lake, and Calexico’s telephone system was knocked out.
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Los Angeles
Carnegie Institution Seismological Laboratory
Pasadena
Southern
Pacific
Charles Richter
Calexico
Bermuda Discovery Claim Precedes 1510 Map
The American Express education department notes evidence that Bermuda was found before 1510. It credits Juan de Bermudez with discovering Bermuda, in 1515, and states the islands derived their name from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Educational Department
American Express Company
Juan de Bermudez
Telands
Baobab Tree Described For Honey And Fruit Taste
The text notes the bondad tree in Abyssinia yields pale tight wood easily perforated by wild bees that nest in the hollow. The honey is prized in the country and the fruit is oblong large with a gingerbread like flavor and a pleasant acidic note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abyssinia
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