Spirit of Giving Spreads in Welch Area
Arrangements for Christmas baskets for Welch and surrounding mountains were made by the general committee. Cash totaling 306 dollars was raised with 128 collected yesterday. Canvassing teams led by Mrs. Leckie Mrs. Blakely and Mrs. Cullen reported food and clothing donations and promised shoes for needy children starting January 1. Relief coverage extends to Davy Big Four and other county areas as drives continue.
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Welch
General Committee
George Leckie
First National Bank
J. W. Blakely
BE. W. Cullen
McDowell and Elkhorn Street
Davy
Big Four
Welch Briefs Part I Marriage Licenses and Services
The county clerk issued marriage licenses to five couples yesterday including Dave Joyce and Ja Zeigler and Joe Woody and Josephine Harris. Rev Ben Roller conduct services at Eckman and Stokes, and a Christmas dance will be held by McDowell Post. A gunshot injury left Bess Davis hospitalized. Welch school children begin a ten day Christmas vacation.
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Dave Joyce
Ja Zeigler
Thorpe
Joe Woody
Josephine Harris
Jenkin Jones
Linn Adair
Allie Sweeney
Berwind
Arthur J. King
Lucy Butcher
Big Sandy
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Ben Roller
Eckman
Stoke’s
Welch
Welch High to Form Alumni Association After Game
After the Welch High varsity alumni basketball game, former students are urged to join a planning meeting to form Welch High School Alumni Association. The event follows a fast paced alumni team featuring former Welch stars, with the current varsity team acclaimed as one of the best in years.
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Welch High School
Welch High
Welch Girls
Elkhorn High
Welch Secure
Elkhorn
Community Christmas Tree Set Up For Sunday Night Pageant
A large spruce tree was delivered to the Memorial building and is to be erected today or tomorrow for the community Christmas entertainment at 6 pm Sunday. The McNary Johnson Company will supply electric lights at cost while Appalachian Power Company handles lighting. Over 100 school children rehearse at 4 pm tomorrow. Manley Piano Company provides the piano for singing.
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McNary-Johnson Company
Appalachian Power Company
Memorial Building
Manley Piano Company
Ford Company Buys Seventy Acre Tract At Calumet River
Chicago on December 21 Ford Motor Company closed a deal for a seventy acre tract at Hegewisch along the Calumet river and Nickel Plate railroad. The plan calls for an automobile manufacturing and assembling plant employing 16,000 workers at a cost of six million dollars, announced by Hodge Chandler Nicholson for the Calumet Trust.
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Chicago
Ford Motor Company
Hegewisch
Calumet River
Nickel Plate
Hodge, Chandler & Nicholson, Ae
Calumet Trust
Wallace Reid In Not-So-Good Health After Break
Los Angeles December 21 The condition of Wallace Reid motion picture actor who has suffered a breakdown after abandoning drugs and liquor was not so favorable tonight according to a bulletin by his physicians adding he is by no means out of danger The report notes his family statements and ongoing treatment flags a serious health episode.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wallace Reid
Motion Fcture
Remarkable Warmth Hits Record High in Platt KS
December 21 in Platt Kansas saw all December heat records shattered as the thermometer climbed to 62 degrees above zero this afternoon.
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Kansas
Platt
Kas
Bernardi Defeats Strangler Evans In Memorial Building Match
Italian wrestler Tony Bernardi dominated Strangler Evans in a two straight falls victory at the Memorial building on a Wednesday evening drawing a large crowd. The first fall took 42 minutes, the second 13 minutes, with an arm lock sealing the win.
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Tony Bernardi
Passos
Lazar
Williamson Lazar
Strangler Evans
Steve Pappas
Taraan
Stan
Lewis
Henry Tice
Pappas
Princeton
Bernardi
Memorial Building
Christmas Program Presented by Students
In the high school auditorium a Christmas program by students was presented for the PTA meeting. Maid of France, a playlet, drew applause with performers including Alice Reedy Partlow Pearl Brewster Hugh McCullough William Bennett and Albert Barley.
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Parent- Teacher Association
France
Alice Reedy Partlow
Pearl Brewster
Hugh McCullough
William Bennett
Albert Barley
Frances Logan
Rinda Gay
Helen Henritze
Virginia Kyle
Fannie Solins
Frank Wright
Frank Smith
Selma Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Gladys Gay
Evelyn Sale
Frances Henritze
Mary Frances Kirchner
Wilson Anderson
James Strother
Hatfield Smith
Ruth Jones
On Brewster
New Suits Instituted Here During Week
City of Welch files actions through City Solicitor E C Marshall against Joe Palmer India Palmer R W Wartman William Wade Frank Wade and J N Harman trustees Welch against H Bank Welch against J W Mitchell Welch against Robert McCray Arthur Floe trustee J A Strother Samuel Solins W S Taylor C D Brewster S A Daniel W J Hatfield trustees J H Taylor against Norfolk and Western railroad for 3000 damages Cabel Jamieson administratrix estate Charley Jamieson deceased against Norfolk and Western railroad for 3000 damages Plaintiffs represented by Cecil Riley and F C Cook Auto crash near Eckman killed Jamieson and injures Taylor.
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City of Welch
E. C. Marshall
Joe Palmer
India Palmer
R. W. Wartman
William Wade
Frank Wade
J. N. Harman
H. Bank
J.W. Mitchell
of Welch
Robert McCray
Arthur Floe
J. A. Strother
Samuel Solins
W- S. Taylor
Norfolk and Western
Eckman
Jamieson
Taylor
Walker Dies After Operation at Steel Corporation
William R. Walker, longtime assistant to the president of United States Steel Corporation since its 1901 founding, died today following an operation in New York.
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New York
William R. Walker
United States Steel Corporation
Post Office Swamped With Christmas Mail
Postmaster B Hampton Gary says the local post office is overwhelmed with Christmas mail. Packages flood in and out of the city, storage space is limited, and delivery delays are likely. A new 66 by 36 foot hall on Wyoming Street will improve handling once relocation occurs, with no definite move date set.
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B. Hampton Gary
Ude
Hall
Wyoming Street
Welch Personals Active as Holidays Begin
Edgar Eddy the high school coach left for Freeport Pennsylvania to spend the holidays. Rachel Gravely Margaret Early and Mrs T A Johnston left for Salem Virginia to visit relatives. Rummell Anderson is home from college to spend Christmas with his mother Mrs L C Anderson.
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Edgar Eddy
Freeport
Rachel Gravely
Margaret Early
T. A. Johnston
Salem
Rummell Anderson
L. C. Anderson
Germany reparations debate shifts to internal economy
Reports from Paris London and Rome indicate US mediation may affect Germany's reparations. Observers note rising Reichsbank pressures, high currency in circulation and weak retail business as Berlin seeks concessions. France and Britain push for a timely solution with Italy watching closely.
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Germany
United States
London
England
America
Times
Rome
Signor Mussolini
Daily Mail
France
Great Britain
Paris
Poincare
Senate
Japy
Ruhr
Mrp Cias & Ase
M. Poincare
Sereecy
Charred bodies aviators found after desert search
Colonel McNab reported no witnesses to the disappearance of the aviators. Airmen searched the area and traced movements southward, while Colonel Marshall and Lieutenant Webber departed San Diego for Fort Huachuca to continue the inquiry. Webber, 27, from Denver, trained at Berkeley and Mount Clemens and served in the Philippines.
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McNab
Indian Oasis
Francis C. Marshall
Cavalry
Washington
Charles L. Webber
Air Service
San Diego
Fort Hauchuca
Tucson
Ariz
Corone
Marshall
France
Webber
Fort Huachuca
Denver
Berkeley
Cal
Mount Clemens
Mich
Philippines
Bither Found Guilty in Conspiracy to Defraud
Chicago December 21 William A Bither former attorney of the Chicago board of education and ally of Governor Small and Mayor Thompson was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to defraud the school board. Co defendant Harry W Kaup received nine months to county jail and a fine. They were charged with defrauding in school site purchases from private owners. The conviction marks a state effort in investigating irregularities and suggests losses exceeding 2 000 000 for the city.
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Chicago
William A. Bither
Chicago Board of Education
Len Small
William Hale Thompson
Harry W. Kaup
Crowe
Brundage
Extra Precautions to Thwart Rum Runners
Freeport New York December 21 authorities tightened coast line watches along Long Island's south shore to stop rum runners before Christmas. After 400 cases of liquor were seized in Baldwin harbor seven men were arrested planning to load the cargo onto city trucks, prompting intensified enforcement measures.
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Freeport
N. Y
Long Island
Baldwin Harbor
Chasing Fleet Sails From Island Shore to Seek S Sear
A convoy of patrols sent to sea from multiple island points seeks ships carrying S quar to New York as bootleg operations draw law enforcement focus.
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Island
Squar
New York
Flight Around World to Start in April
Sir Keith Smith the British aviator announced plans for a 23 000 mile circuit around the world beginning next April in London. After meetings with officials on North American weather and flight conditions he will cross the Pacific from Siberia to Alaska then ride the Canadian Pacific route to Toronto New York and Halifax before completing the trip.
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Washington
Sir Keith Smith
Western Hemisphere
London
North America
Keith
Pacific
Siberia
Alaska
Canadian Pacific
Canada
United States
Toronto
New York
Halifax
World flight path aims for London to Tokyo route
The traveler expects to reach this continent in his world flight about next June and complete the trip in London in July. Planned segments include London to Lyons to Rome to Athens to Cairo, across Suez and the Persian Gulf to India, then to China and overseas to Tokyo, the Kuril Islands to Siberia, the Aleutian Islands and Alaska, then down the Pacific to Vancouver and across Canada to Toronto.
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Jone
London
Lyons
France
Rome
Athens
Cairo
Egypt
Suez
Persian Gulf
India
China
Tokio
Kuril Islands
Siberia
Alaetian Islands
Alaska
Pacific
Vancouver
Canada
Toronto
Wage Boost Builds in Cincinnati
Cincinnati wage board approved wage increases for eighteen building crafts today under the step up plan. The total rise amounts to fifteen cents per hour, enhancing earnings for trades in the local building trades.
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Cincinnati
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High School Alumni Association
Ford Company
Victor Records
Victrolas
Welch, West VA
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KODAK
Home Office Supply Company
Welch, W. VA
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Telegraph
Bither
Quality Lumber
Welch Lumber Company
McDowell’s
Targer
W. VA
Christmas Savings Club
McDowell County National Bank
Young Men’s Shop
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