Community Christmas Tree Drive Broadcast from Granada
Biblically phrased reflection on habit opens with a note on virtue and vice. Bluefield plans its fifteenth Community Christmas Tree program with WHIS radio 12 30 to 8 p m from Granada theater to raise funds for neglected city children. Volunteers stage a full program with drama music and calls for donations, with all expenses donated so every cent aids the needy.
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Bluefield
WHIS
Granada Theater
Everal
Fifteen Years of Gifts and Goodwill Across the Community
The piece celebrates fifteen years of the Community Christmas tree effort and its gifts to over twenty thousand homes, likening acts of giving to happiness and urging opportunities to help others. It notes Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropy as a model and emphasizes sowing seeds of kindness for future fruits.
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Andrew Carnegie
Jimmy
Prin
Daily Telegraph
Community Christmas Tree Association
Santa Claus
Village Christmas Activity Aims to Shape Future Citizens
The piece argues that Christmas time aid activities influence children during formative years, shaping future fathers and mothers, business people, and citizens. It suggests the holiday work could yield significant long term benefits beyond immediate happiness.
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Santa Claus
Failure of plan to split Ethiopia tops week's news
Selassie voices strong protest against Franco British plan to divide his kingdom as small nations alarmed by partition proposals. Britain France and Italy clash over a two thirds empire grab while Poland and Russia join protests. League council to meet Wednesday to consider the plan.
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Ethiopia
Italy
England
France
Baldwin-Laval-Hore
House of Commons
Chamber of Deputies
Eist
Assembly of the League
Council of the League
Poland
Russia
Britain
League of Nations
Eden
Virginian Engine and Cars Jump Track Near Beckley
E. B. Newson engineer and Fred Fanning fireman escaped injury when their Virginian train derailed near Citts ville West Virginia. A second wreck at Beckley in two days followed when a passenger train split a switch and plunged into a ditch, killing E. A. Crismond and injuring C. W. Linville who had his leg removed at a Beckley hospital.
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E. B. Newson
Fred Fanning
Cittsville
W. Va
Beckley
E. A. Crismond
Princeton
C. W. Linville
Linville
Peacemaker slain as police hunt suspect in West Virginia
Emmett J. Martin, 39, known as a peacemaker, was shot through the heart in Mammoth West Virginia. State police pursued John McCay for questioning after Martin tried to halt a group at a Payne card game and drinking session. Coroner J E B Roberts confirmed the fatality.
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Mammoth
W. Va
Emmett J. Martin
John McCay
J. EB. Roberts
Martin
Annual Radio Revue To Be Staged Today For Christmas Fund
Community Christmas Tree association hosts WHIS radio broadcast from Granada theatre to raise funds for 1800 underprivileged children. The 12:30 to 8 pm program features a 70 voice chorus, Beaver High School A Capella, a 20 piece orchestra, and volunteer talent. Admission door proceeds go to the Christmas tree fund.
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WHIS
Granada Theatre
Granada Theater
Flat Top Auto Supply Company
Grunow Radios
E''a Holroyd
A Capnella
Beaver High School
Elizabeth Shelton
Vincent Paoliello
Seven Miles Separate Birthplaces of Twin Babies
Mrs Ed Williams of Pikeville Kentucky gave birth to twins with the first arriving at Broad Bottom home delivered by Dr C L Prichard. The mother was then transported by ambulance to a hospital in Pikeville for the second twin delivered by Dr A G Osborn.
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Pikeville
Lonely Mountain Road
Ed Williams
Broad Bottom
C. L. Prichard
Herald
Ambulante
A. G. Osborn
Pikee
J. F. Blackerby
Louisville
State
Britain hints to Mussolini on peace plan amid diplomatic disclosures
British officials disclosed a white paper showing London pressed Addis Ababa to back the peace plan and hinted Mussolini could have sanctions lifted if he negotiated. Rome’s response dampened peace hopes as Il Duce asked for clarifications. A bombing accident killed American missionary Dr. Robert W. Hockman in Ethiopia. London also began talks with Berlin toward closer ties, sparked by German instigation.
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New York
Quai d’Orsay
Paris
League of Nations
France
England
Quai d'Orsay
Samuel Hoare
Britain
Pierre Laval
No. 10
Downing Street
London
Stanley Baldwin
Il Duce
Mussolini
Ihe
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Polite
Ethiopia
Tr Duce
Grand Council
Rome
Robert W. Hockman
Wheaton, Lil
Daggah
Germany
Berlin
Hauptmann learns January death date for Lindbergh case
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the Lindbergh baby kidnapper, was informed that his death sentence will be carried out by electric chair on January 13. He remained calm and polite, thanking the guard and meeting with his spiritual adviser, who said Hauptmann is confident New Jersey will not spare him. If appeals fail, the execution would occur about a month from now.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptman
Lindbergh
John Matthiesen
Flemington
New Jersey
Hauptmann
P'*teburgh
Hilles
Herbert Hoover
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Connecticut
Townsend
Michigan
WPA funds dwindling sparks West Virginia relief clash
Relief Chairman Charles K. Payne warned of serious consequences if WPA does not deploy more workers and pay promptly as only 177 350 remains for the month. The dispute involved F Witcher McCullough and C L Allen over unpaid dole amid missing employment lists and mass pay demands in Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles K. Payne
WPA
F. Witcher McCullough
Payne
C. L. Allen
McCullough
West Virginia
Allen
Bluefield Stores Stocked Heavily With Holiday Gifts
Bluefield merchants report heavy holiday stock and brisk shopping aided by a city tax moratorium until December 24. With semi monthly payrolls released and bank savings funds totaling over 150000 dollars, retailers anticipate one of the best Christmas seasons in years.
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Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
Pocahontas
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
GOP Chiefs Avert Rift Over Convention City Feud
Influential Republicans pressed to keep the national committee contest over a convention city from naming a candidate bias. Cleveland and eastern states show neutral support while Kansas City and Chicago argue the choice could imply preference. The meeting also weighs expense guarantees and delegate rules amid Townsendite third‑party talk.
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GOP
Otek
Convention City
Washington
National Committee
Alf Landon
Kansas
Col
Frank Knox
Illinois
Kansans City
Chicago
Cleveland
John Hamilton
George F. Getz
lNnois
Children’s Mail To Santa Claus To Be Preserved
In Santa Claus Indiana a vault beneath a 23 foot statue will permanently store children's mail. Kids mail penny postcards with name and address in a 1 1/4 by 3 1/2 inch space to the Secretary of Santa Claus park. Notables Roosevelt and McNutt will be named. the Santa Claus Good Fellowship Club backs the drive.
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Santa Claus
Ind
Santa Claus Park
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Santa Claus Good Fellowship Club
Governor Dismisses Second Ouster Request at Marshall College
Governor Kump refused a second demand for Dr. James BE Allen's resignation as Marshall college president. He repeated his stance that state board of education oversight exists, after Charleston lawyer John T. Simma renewed the push. Simma argued constitutional reform was not his challenge to Allen's remarks.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
James BE. Allen
Marshall College
John T. Simma
State Board of Education
Smme
Allen
Supreme Court
Perkins urges labor cooperation for national security
Secretary Perkins called for cooperation of labor and management with government aid to build greater security and industrial gains. She cited gains since 1933 including 56 million jobless returned to work and a 66 percent rise in industrial output, and urged fair wages and stable farm prices. George Berry postponed the first meeting of the new industrial council. Perkins also invited 26 national groups to discuss state labor standards on Tuesday, covering wages hours and child labor.
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New York
Perkins
Washington
George L. Berry
Roosevelt
Industrial Council
Berry
Miss Perkins
Former feudist Barrett sentenced to hang in federal case
In Indianapolis a gray haired former Kentucky feudist George W. Barrett was wheeled before Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell and sentenced to be hanged before sunrise March 24 for the murder of Nelson B. Klein a federal agent at College Corner Indiana on August 16. Barrett rejected apologies and claimed he killed Klein in defense of himself. The trial was conducted under a newly enacted 1934 law allowing federal courts to hear cases involving killings of federal officers. The defendant spoke calmly, seated in a wheelchair, as the verdict and sentence were delivered.
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Indianapolis
George W. Barrett
Kentucky
Robert C. Baltzell
Barrett
Nelson B. Klein
College Corner
Ind
Parrett
Klein
Baltzell
Sergee Klein
Republican Rally Attacks New Deal in West Virginia
West Virginia voters heard Rep Everett Dirksen and Judge Lewis H Miller lambaste the New Deal at Ramsey auditorium and over WHIS radio. They argued TVA power projects and the Canadian treaty threaten coal mines and railcar loadings with broader constitutional and tariff criticisms.
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WHIS
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Illynola
Lewis H. Miller
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Illinois
Cong Reesman
Ripley Judge
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Ramsey Auditorium
Rameey
McDowell County
Rock and Winding Gulf
Dirksen
Congress
Miller
West Virginian
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New Deal
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