Rites To Be Held Friday For Lillie LaFollette
Mrs. Lillie Ellanor LaFollette 69 of Lehew West Virginia died yesterday at 5 30 pm at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs W Franks Lehew Efforts attributed to an eight month illness She was widow of Richard LaFollette native of Lehen Surviving daughters Lela Franks Gusta Foreman Zada Franks Winchester Uniontown son Alston R LaFollette Winchester sister Mrs Mack B Hook brother Brandell LaFollette seven grandchildren Funeral services Friday at 2 pm from Boa Ridge Christian Church of which she was a member Pallbearers Roy LaFollette Russell LaFollette Courtney Hook Lohr Good Murrell Anderson Charles Franks.
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Lillie Ellanor LaFollette
Lehew
W. Va
W. Franks
Caroline LaFollette
Japan Renewing Warfare After Holidays Lull
Shanghai reports severe fighting on multiple fronts after a holiday pause. Chinese forces say they crossed the Sui River near Kiukiang and retook two towns, while farther west they claim recapture of Tawantsun near Yochow. In Shanxi and Henan, Japan presses offensives with guerrilla actions and clashes near Kaifeng and Shanshien.
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Sui River
Yangtbe
Kiukiang
Nort
Hupeh-Hunan
Tawantsun
Yochow
Yangtze River
Hankow
Shansi
Henan
Kaifeng
Lunghai
Shanshien
Maphis Nominates for Acorn Scout Award
Fred D. Maphis of Strasburg applies to National Scout headquarters for the Acorn Award. The Shenandoah Area Council reports 15 new troops 324 new scouts 80 new cubs and 3 new cub packs in the past year, bringing totals to 40 troops 689 scouts 116 cubs and 6 cub packs.
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Fred D. Maphis
Strasburg
National Scout Headquarters
Acorn
Shenandoah Area
Roosevelt's Annual Message Signals Capitol Work Ahead
The new Congress looks to President Roosevelt's annual address for guidance on foreign policy and defense. Senate and House planned a joint session at 1 p.m. with radio coverage as clashes over relief, appointments, and labor laws persist.
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Washington
Congress
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Germany
England
France
Italy
White House
Hurley Plaque For Jimmy Foxx
Jimmy Foxx was voted the Eddie Hurley memorial plaque by the Boston Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. The trophy honors Boston’s outstanding major league player.
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Jimmy Foxx
Eddie Hurley
Baseball Writers’ Association of America
Chicago Dust Fallout Reaches Lower Levels in 1938
Chicago smoke inspector notes hundreds of tons of dust fell citywide last year, 18.75 percent less than 1937. Average monthly dust fall was 68.1 tons per square mile, while the city brushed 83.1 tons per month.
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Chicago
Salt shaker tests reveal metal flaws for safety
Professor Alfred V. DeForest of MIT uses magnetized steel and carbon powder from a salt shaker to reveal hidden flaws via magna flux. The method detects forging defects fatigue and cracks and earned the 1938 Institute of Aeronautical Sciences award for contributions to aerospace engineering. Railroads rail, Army Navy factories and turbines use the technique for quality checks.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alfred V. DeForest
de Forést
The
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Army
Navy
Sheriff Breaks Up Big Scale Sheep Rustling
TOOELE Utah Jan 4 A sheriff and deputies uncovered a large sheep rustling ring in Lookout mountain Robbers Roost area taking at least 1220 sheep from southern Tooele flocks Three men were arrested and the ring included many local brands with red paint used to hide marks Officials said most area sheepmen contributed to the operation and it appeared to be a thriving business
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Tooele
Utah
Tooele County
Alma White
Lookout Mountain
Ogden Crash Ladles Off Road Involving Miss Edling
An automobile left the highway near Ogden Utah, cleared three irrigation ditches and struck a telephone pole, overturning twice before landing in a farmer's yard. The car’s occupant Miss Freda Edling of Salt Lake City escaped unharmed.
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Ogden
Utah
Freda Edling
Salt Lake City
Card of Thanks for Virginia Howard
I thank friends who loaned cars and sent flowers during the illness and death of my sister Virginia Howard. Dated January first, eleven. Belle Hall.
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Virginia Howard
Belle. Hall
Jitterbug Dance Fades In Chicago Schools
Miss Ernestine Badat, Chicago Public School activities coordinator, says the jitterbug is fading as a fad. A study of 7 500 high school dancers shows interest shifting to the collegiate shag rhumba tango and fox trot. Dances run 8 30 p m to midnight with Union musicians and teachers, cost a dime per pupil, attendance reaching 9 000 on peak nights.
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Chicago
Ernestine Badt
Badt
William H. Johnson
Badat
Board of Education
Vaccine Cures Rare Equine Disease Says Rockefeller Scientist
In Philadelphia a vaccine derived from chick embryo shows success against a bread horse disease that also affects humans. Dr Cast Tenbroech of the Rockefeller Institute reported at a veterinarians conference that encephalomyelitis, spread by mosquitos and birds, caused fatal brain infection in up to 90 percent of cases. He cited epidemic activity in salt marsh regions of New Jersey and Maryland and twenty five mosquito infected children in Massachusetts last summer.
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Cast Tembivech
Rockefeller Institute
Tenbroech
New Jersey
Maryland
Massachusetts
Daladier Views Tunisias Maginot Line Of Desert
Premier Daladier inspected Mareth defense works in Tunisia and declared the line strong enough to resist any attack. He toured with military and naval officials, watching 25,000 crack troops parade across the desert as dust swirled.
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Gabes
Tunisia
Daladier
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