Roanoke Manta Killed In Head On Collision
Kenneth Horn 22 of Roanoke died instantly in a head on crash on the Tazewell highway late Sunday. Grace Cooper 15 of Rocky Mount Wa. was seriously injured along with six others. Horn was pinned. Mike Cooper serious to moderate head injuries. Other occupants Discharged after treatment. A H McClaugherty of Bluefield and two companions escaped serious injury. The young people were on a weekend pleasure trip en route from Grundy toward Roanoke heading to Lebanon.
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Kenneth Horn
Roanoke
Grace Cooper
Rocky Mount
Tazewell Highway
Horn
Mike Cooper
Bluefield Sanitarium
Cahe
Louis Radford
Ferrum
Eula Cooper
A. H. McClaugherty
Princeton
Pure Oil Company
Bluefield
Grundy
Tazewell Road
Lebanon
J. T. Cooper
Tommy Cooper
Bedford
Howard Cooper
Young Horn
Tazewell
Boars Head Dinner Celebrated At Fairmont Church Hall
Fairmont West Virginia hosts an ancient English boars head dinner at Christ Episcopal Church parish hall. Limited to 250 guests, the event features Christchurch boys’ choir in Tudor decor with a great candle flame. The program imitates Cambridge and Oxford rituals with Hoosac School permission for arrangement use.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
Christ Episcopal Church
C. W. Brickman
Elizabeth England
Christchurch
St. John’s College
Cambridge
Queen's College
Oxford
England
Hoosac School
Hosick
N. Y
New York
Weston Urbach Shotgun Death Shocks Weston
Weston city treasurer Weston Albert Urbach was killed in a hunting accident near Roanoke when his shotgun discharged accidentally. The incident underscores a tragic end as officials confirm the cause of death and a local investigation proceeds.
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Weston
Albert Urbach
Weston City
Roatioke
Christmas Gifts and Services in City and Coalfield
Christmas presents from Mary Lee Beauty Shop offer a permanent wave and hair services. New Rainbow Cleaners promotes laundry and cleaning with a bright, white result. Royal Arch Masons announce Bluefield Chapter No 20 convocation this Tuesday at 7:30 PM. Fretwell's advertises ladies dresses up to 12.50, special today 5.00, Bland Street.
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Royal Arch Masons
Bluefield
R. D. Payne
Fretwell’s
Bland Street
Industry groups oppose pending state tax bills
Industry leaders from Huntington and Harrison urge defeat of power taxes and retail sales tax proposals. They warn higher levies would ruin power companies and halt West Virginia’s industrial growth, noting Appalachian's revival of previously run-down firms and fearing future industry attraction would dry up.
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Democrat
Harrison
Harry Zellers
Huntington
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
Argabrite
West Virginia
Appalachian Company
Toledo Robber Suspect Arrested in This City
Cecil Smith wanted at Toledo on a robbery charge was arrested here early Monday by city police and is held in the city jail awaiting Toledo authorities. He was captured at relatives home on Bluefield avenue and has waived extradition, likely to be returned to Ohio today.
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Cecil Smith
Toledo
Smith
Bluefield Avenue
Ohio
Absent Senators Targeted as Pay Reform Moves Rise
The West Virginia House debates methods to compel attendance and speed salary payments for 1934. Senator Herald leads a push to require visible presence of absentees through police action while a special committee studies constitutional limits on impairing contracts.
Senate tries to force attendance as holiday recess sparks clash
In Charleston, a mainly Democratic bloc orders the sergeant at arms to bring in absent senators over a holiday recess dispute. Only up to 15 were present, one short of a quorum, as another attempt is planned. A night session moves to cite Superintendent Shingleton of the state police in contempt for not aiding. Shingleton replies the sergeant at arms should enforce attendance.
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Herald
Braxton
Elliott
Senate
Mathews
Herold
Taylor
Cabell
Johnson
Kanawha
Brown
Randolph
Fleming
Pleasants
Garrett
Putnam
Hodges
Monongalia
Hyre
Jackson
Jones
Boone
Millender
Wayne
Myers
Marshall
Paull
Brooke
Smith
Marion
Democrats
Abbot
Fayette
Garvin
Harrison
Henderson
Doddridge
Helsley
Morgan
Mitchell
Monroe
Null
Wetzel
Reynolds
Mercer
Sandridge
Barbour
White
Hampshire
Wiseman
Nicholas
Beneke
Ohio
Helmick
Tucker
Neale
Wood
Mineral
Weissenburger
Mason
Mingo
Charleston
W. Va
Shingleton
State Police
Charles D. Elliott
Jimmy's Fresh Catch Specials Include Sea Delights
Soft shell crabs frog legs fresh water bass halibut or mackerel offered at Jimmy's for 50 cents each.
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Jimmy's
Two Local Men to Face Charges in Mercer County
Edwin Campbell aged 25 of 107 Mineral Street and Arthur Blevins aged 35, both colored, were sent to Mercer county jail in Princeton to await hearings on felonious assault charges. Campbell is charged with shooting Jack Williams with a 410 gauge shotgun, while Blevins is charged with stabbing E B Johnson. Williams was shot in the leg and Johnson stabbed in the side in separate city incidents Sunday morning. Both men are reported in serious condition as police investigate and delay preliminary hearings.
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Edwin Campbell
Minéral Street
Arthur Blevins
Mercer County
Princeton
Campbell
Blevins
Jack Williams
E. B. Johnson
Williams
Johnson
Pocketbook Snatched From Woman Recovered in Lot
A pocketbook taken from Mrs. Florence Henritze of 116 Summers Street last week was found Sunday afternoon in a vacant Giles Street lot by a neighborhood boy. It contained two dollars. The thief, a white man, grabbed the bag from behind on Summers Street and fled into an alley before dropping it.
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Florence Henritze
Summers Street
Giles Street
Community Tree program raises funds with wide lineup
Rhea Blake announced the goal of four hundred dollars for ten reach tree. Homer Rodeheaver headlined a seven hour program with many contributors including Virginia Jones Wallace McNeal Marion Smith and the Lions club quartet. The radio station donated facilities for years to the Community Tree association and the recent telephones aided contributions.
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Rhea Blake
Melvin Barnett
Homer Rodeheaver
Bluefield
Virginia Jones
Wallace McNeal
Marion Smith
Philip Lilly
Mre
Harry Ross
James Elmer Brown
Blanche Armentrout
Sally Litz
Lions Club Quartette
Dick Morgan
Joe Wilde
Frank Roberts
Bill McDougle
Frank Booth
Virginia Booth
Henry Fortune
Jack Clark
Ray Lawson
Frances Barret
C. W. Dickey
Beaver
Shupe Family
Jack Herring
Virginia Bivens
Sybil Cartwright
Mra. R. E. Brown Jr
J. I. Phillips
Helen Cohen
Edith Greenspon
Otho Dixon
C. E. Fra
Telephone Company
Association
Gunmen Kill Brooklyn Tavern Proprietor
Six beer drinkers misread the incident as a holdup at the Cave tavern in Brooklyn. Two gunmen ordered proprietor Angelo Fazzinga to the rear room, shot him in the back, then fled. Police speculate the tavern’s recent beer brand change may relate to the murder.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
The
Angelo Fazzinga
Charles Fallano
Parking service offered at Jimmy's Restaurant downtown
Jimmy's Restaurant provides free package parking while shoppers browse downtown. Patrons can leave items with staff and retrieve them at no charge during shopping visits. This courtesy aims to ease downtown commerce and support shoppers.
Relieve Headache And Quiet Nerves In Three Minutes
A pharmacist compounded remedy named B. C. promises relief from violent headaches and nervous tension within three minutes. It claims to soothe muscular aches, colds, neuralgia, and fever, with a blend of ingredients designed for rapid action and calming effect. Sold wherever drugs are available.
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B. C
Legislators in Car Crash Near Droop Mountain
Charleston dispatch reports two lawmakers involved in automobile incidents within 24 hours. Speaker Hiner his wife and son escaped injury after a collision on Droop Mountain Pocahontas county. Hodges Democrat of Monongalia failed to reach a senate meeting when a boy Raymond Ellis 16 of Charleston darted into his path. The boy was hospitalized but unharmed.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hiner
House
Droop Mountain
Pocahontas County
Hodges
Monongalia
Senate
Raymond Ellis
Postoffice Receipts Rise in Pittsburgh December
Pittsburgh post office officials announced a 13 percent increase in receipts for the first two weeks of December compared with the same period last year. The year’s total reaches $343,275, $41,095 higher than last year’s net receipts.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post Office
Fishermen Adrift on Atlantic Rescued
Four American fishermen from Boston were rescued after two nights at sea in an open boat from the Gloucester Ellen G. Marshall. Harry Reynolds John Muise John Clements and Basil Mullock reached Mud Island light and were later picked up by the steamer Ellsworth and landed at Wedgeport Nova Scotia.
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Yarmouth
N. S
Harry Reynolds
John Muise
John Clements
Bas l Mulloch
Boston
Gloucester
Ellen G. Marshall
Reynolds
Mud Island
Pubnico
Ellsworth
Wedgeport
N.S
Farm movement to continue as incomes eke out families
Secretaries report brief on farm movement areas showing sustained income pressures. Reclamation Commissioner Elwood Mead cites 4.69 million dollars in fiscal year revenue, 711 thousand less than prior year, warning that reduced funds may delay storage and canal work. He notes a spring rise in dairy, wool, cotton, and livestock prices and 190 public farm units opened, but financial distress limits settlement activity on many projects.
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Elwood Mead
Reclamation
Reclamation Fund
Mead
Gold quotation jumps five cents in early trading
Debt threatened the nation s credit Morgenthau at his press conference late today produced a series of measures and statements outlining steps to bolster financial stability pending further action
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Morgenthau
Gold price and commodity index rise under admin program
Morgenthau reported on October 21 that an index of 30 commodities rose from 100 to 105 12, while gold advanced to 116, a 34 percent response to gold price growth. Brookings economists found no predictable commodity price rise from gold gains and warned price levels could not be maintained by manipulating the dollar value of gold.
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Morgenthau
Brookings
Service Station Tax Case Heard In Federal Court
In Charleston West Virginia four gasoline companies challenged West Virginia chain store tax laws seeking refunds of taxes paid with temporary injunctions blocking the Tax Commissioner from turning collected taxes into the state treasury. The companies involved are Standard Oil of New Jersey Sinclair Refining Gulf Refining and Ashland Refining. A three judge panel including Judges McClintic Soper and Chestine heard the arguments.
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Charleston
W. Va
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Sinclair Refining Company
Chicago
Gulf Refining Company
Port Arthur
Texas
Ashland Refining Company
Ashland
Fox
George W. McClintic
Southern District of
West Virginia
Morris A. Soper
United States Circuit Court
W. C. Chestine
Baltimore District Court
No Visit To Bluefield Feeds Appetite at Jimmy's Restaurant
A tourist trip to Bluefield concludes with a seafood dinner at Jimmy's Restaurant where travelers and locals alike savor fresh catches. The piece highlights Jimmy's as a must stop on trips through the town, emphasizing hearty platters and casual dining.
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Bluefield
Jimmy
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