First Real Snow Falls in Bluefield Area
West Virginia reports the state covered by winter snow with 1 to 10 inches in counties. Snow plows clear highways as trains and buses face delays and streets see many stalled autos. City crews work to clear crosswalks while coal demand rises and downtown traffic slows.
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Bluefield
Elmer C. Barton
Atreeta
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Moyntato
State Road Commission
Ride The Street Car Slashes Fares Amid Snow Delays
Snow disrupted service as cars ran late by up to two hours. Temperatures plunged to 10 below zero in Wheeling, delaying travel and forcing changes to schedules and bus substitutions.
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Sero
Wheeling
Wild Lifers condemn inefficient game officers in West Virginia
Clarksburg December 17 wildlife league condemns the employment of inefficient and unqualified persons in game and fish enforcement. A resolution urging better administration was adopted at the eleventh annual convention. FH L Lively of Fairmont elected president. he will serve as secretary treasurer and associate editor of Wild Life. J Coughlin of Fairmont named editor.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Virginia
A Wildlife League
Cormaiites
Thia
League
FH. L. Lively
Fairmont
Lively
Fairmont State Teachers’ Organization
Wild Life
J. 3. Coughlin
Lively Succeeds Brooks as Temporary Secretary Treasurer
Temporary secretary treasurer Lively succeeds A A Brooks of Wheeling who served two years as president. Other officers elected today include Earl J Oesterie Parkersburg vice president J Evans Princeton second vice president and W J Latto Bethany third vice president. The secretary treasurer post was merged and the new officers may appoint Livelys successor.
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Treasuers
Lively
A. A. Brooks
Wheeling
Earl J. Oesterie
Parkersburg
Frat
J. Evans
Princeton
W. J. Latto
Bethany
Virginia prison system reorganization plan to be reviewed
Richmond Va December 11 The proposed plan for reorganizing the Virginia prison system will come before the state prison board for consideration Tuesday The plan would place the entire system under one head and has been tentatively approved by Governor Pollard pending statute review It contemplates combining the state penitentiary state farm farm for defective and dependent mind and body state convict road force and the industrial farm for women
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Richmond
Virginia
State Prison Board
Pollard
Revenue Commissioners Conclude Annual Meet in Richmond
Richmond Va Dec 17 Revenue Commissioners conclude their annual meeting after adopting guidance from State Tax Commissioner More Risatt on the new income tax law provisions. The revised rules remove the $2800 personal exemption for unmarried heads of families and alter exemptions for dependents, affecting tax filings and calculations.
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Richmond
Revenue
C. H. Morerisatt
Morrlesett
Berlin acts to rescind drastic penalties of emergency decrees
Berlin cabinet agrees to new act protecting republic replacing old law expiring December 31. Chancellor von Papen vows to curb political excesses despite rescinding harsher penalties. Some reports say Kaiser return fears fade as the so called Kaiser paragraph was dropped after failed Reichstag majority.
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Berlin
Kurt von Bebleicher
Rome
Senspapera
Germany
Farm relief plan eyed to match Hoover era action
Agriculture committee warns Roosevelt that the domestic allotment relief plan could replicate the farm board influence on Mr. Hoover. A new interstate freight rate study is ordered, Senate backs revised Hawes Jutting bill, Philippines in 12 years faces conference. Prohibition advocates line up for the beer bill. Administration debt issues grow tighter amid wartime debt talks. Agricultural leaders urge a four fold program to avert farm foreclosures on 3.04 billion dollars in mortgages.
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Associated Fress House Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Farm Board
Mr. Hoover
Senate
Philippines
Advocates Modify Pennsylvania Law and Budget
Harrisburg Pa December 17 Democratic legislators approved a program to modify the Pennsylvania Sunday blue law of 1794 and cut the state budget by 350 million for the next two years. The plan covers national platform planks applicable to state law and pledges adjustments to the Snyder Armstrong enforcement act in line with possible federal changes. Other measures include old age pensions unemployment insurance and representation on key state commissions and courts.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Congres
Public Service Commission
Oil Field Shutdown Orders Aid Market Increases
East Texas field shutdown that took effect at noon strengthened the refinery market after a period of price cuts. Gasoline grades rose about an eighth to a cent per gallon, with wider availability at lower levels in some districts. Crude prices remained depressed, while Shell posted 57 cents for Oklahoma and Kansas oil and Gulf Oil left 1.22 for the best grade.
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Tulaa
Okla
Yec
East Texannfield
East Texas
Tensone
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Oklahoma
Kansan
Gypay Oil Company
Gulf Ol Corporation
Physicist JR Lyman J Briggs Named Director of Standards
JR Lyman J Briggs, noted physicist and member of the American Physical Society, appointed director of the Bureau of Standards by President Hoover. He succeeds the late Dr. George K Burgess and has been with the bureau since 1920.
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Lyman J. Briggs
Americaa Physical Society
Hay
Bureau of Standards
Hoover
Dr. Briggs
George K. Burgess
Bureau
Conferees Fail Find Conciliation Ground
Geneva Dec 17 The League of Nations conciliation sub committee failed to bridge Sino Japanese rift. China demands Japan renounce support for Manchukuo as a condition for talks. Negotiations adjourned with no definite plan, resuming tomorrow as delegates weigh possible concessions.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
M Pasla
League
W. W. Yer
Ch'neao
Yosuke Matenoka
Noo
Psub
Towa
Nankiang
Admiral Byrd Stricken With Influenza Illness
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, famed explorer and National Economy League chairman, has been in bed for a week with influenza after catching a cold in Chicago. He attended the National Farm Bureau convention and was diagnosed on returning home. His condition improved tonight and he was expected to resume league duties soon.
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Boston
Richard EB
Byrd
Associated Preas
National Economy League
Chicago
National Farm Bureau
League
Economy League
Kin of Smith Reynolds Plan to Contest Will
New York December 17 The American says two sisters of the late Smith Reynolds tobacco heir have retained New York lawyers to challenge Libby Holman Reynolds right to a share in her late husband’s fortune. Probate of Reynolds will has been stayed, ending the birth of any contested child to the widow. The NC law would have to consider the child in settling the estate. Attorneys for Reynolds sisters Mia Nabby Bagley and Mrs Mary Babcock would not comment on their position regarding Abby Holman’s claim to a share.
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New York
Smith Reynolds
North Caroline Tobacco
Libby
Holman Reynold
Reynold
North Carolina
Mia
Naxbcy Bagley
Mary Babcock
Soundather
Tabby Holman
Boncour Accepts Government Task In French Cabinet Plan
Paul Boncour announced his aim to form a leftist cabinet to unite socialist and non socialist parties despite their hesitations. He named potential ministers and stressed negotiations with the United States over debts, seeking swift government formation to address budgetary and international strains.
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Lebrun
Paul Boncour
Proeran
Eft
Herriot
Paul-Boncour
Joseph Paul-Boncour
Treasure Braog
Camille Chautemps
Edouard Daladier
Louis de Chapedoining
Georges Bonnnt
Francois Pietri
Alr
Laurent Byoge
Merchant Marine
Albert Sarraut
Philippe Marcomes
Marcel Donon
Public
Anatole de Menzle
Andre Hesse
Albert Dalimier
Paul Marchandeau
Herrova
Cabinet de Monde
Dalimier
Marchandeau
Paul Hancourie
Paris
Pic Tura
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