West Virginia capital building bids eyed for office blocks
Governors Morgan and the capital building commission sift thirty four bids for general construction plumbing electrical and heating work on office building No 1. Lowest general bid 1 030 000 by George A Fuller Co New York with others including James Stewart Co New York Charlottesville Lumber Charlottesville and Davis and Hunt Akron. Lowest overall time to complete set at 360 days by James Stewart Co.
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Charleston
West Virginia Capital Group
Morgan
Capital Building Commission
Cass Gilbert
Commission
Geo. A. Fuller Co
New York
Jas. Stewart & Co
Charlottesville Lumber Co
Charlottesville
Davis and Hunt Construction Co
Akron
Prahl Construction Co
Erie
Harrison Construction Co
Richmond
Higginbottom and Jones
W. Va
King Lumber Co
Henry J. Spieker Co
Toledo
West Virginia
Jas. McCrea & Son
Baltimore
West Virginia Heating & Plumbing Co
W. G. Cornell Co
Washington
Riggs, Distler & Co
Noland-Clifford Co
Newport News
Eastern Electrical Co
Philadelphia
Walter H. Taverner Corporation
Hatzel & Buehler, Inc
Michaels & Co
Norfolk
Whitmore Electric Co
Hatfield Electrical Co
Cleveland
W. G. Carnell Co
Dearborn Electrical Construction Co
Chicago
Standard Engineering Co
A. R. Brugerman
Enterprise Steam & Hot Water Co
Gillis & Geoghagen
Otis Elevator Co
Haughton Elevator & Machine Co
Noland-Clifford
Jas. Stewart Co
Secretary Reverses Pension Rule for Widows of Veterans
Washington December 21 1936 secretary Work reverses a long standing pension policy for widows of Civil War and other veterans ruling no widow shall be denied a pension if essential facts match those used to determine a husband’s pension.
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Washington
Editor Frank I. Cobb of New York World Dies
Frank I. Cobb longtime editor of the New York World died at his home after a prolonged illness. He served as staff editor and directed the paper's editorial page for about twenty years after joining the World in 1904. Henry Wattertson praised him as the strongest writer since Horace Greeley.
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EW York
Frank I. Cobb
New York World
Henry Watterson
New York Press
Horace Greeley
Cobb
the World
Source of holiday liquor syndicate broken in Washington
Police disrupted a major Washington liquor network, arresting four operators of a large syndicate that coordinated supply from a central office. Dispatchers placed orders by telephone and runners delivered by car, with one shipment claimed as for diplomatic use to halt seizures.
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Washington
National Capital
New York Boxing Commission Imposes Gambling Ban Rules
New York state athletic commission adopts a rule barring anyone caught betting or labeled a professional gambler from all boxing matches in the state. It also sets crowd and access limits to curb criticism of ring decisions following Johnny Dundee’s title victory over Jack Bernstein.
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New York
New York State Athletic Commission
Ring
Johnny Dundee
Jack Bernstein
Bernstein
Harry Wills
New Orleans
Fiance of the Late Bill Donovan Arrives
Peggy Bacon the actress arrives in New York and reveals she and baseball manager Bill Donovan were engaged to marry. She had planned to sail on the Majestic and wed on her arrival, saying fate spared him on the doomed train by keeping them apart.
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New York
Wild Bill” Donovan
New Haven Baseball Club
Twentieth Century Limited
Forseth NY
Leviathian
Peggy Bacon
Bill
Miss Bacon
Theatrical man calls divorce claim a myth
Elsier La Mare, a moving picture director, is accused by wife Helen in a divorce suit of trying to sell her to Lou Harris of Juarez underworld. He signed a statement to the Long Beach Telegram calling the charge a myth and saying he invented the tale to revive his wife after the loss of five children.
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Lone Beach
Cal
Elsier la Mare
Helen
Lou Harris
Juarez
Mexico
Long Beach
la Maie
Fred A. Watson
Berliner indicted for attempt to extort bribe in tax case
Henry M. Berliner former federal internal revenue agent now with the New York office was indicted by a federal grand jury in New Orleans on December 21. He is charged with attempting to extort a $2,000 bribe from a local businessman related to filing his firm income tax liability for 1917 1921.
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New Orleans
Henry M. Berliner
Federal Internal Revenue
New York City
Federal Grand Jury
Soviet Foreign Minister Denies Links to US Party Documents
Moscow reports George Tchkitcherin denies any Soviet communications with the American Workers Party. He labels recent papers forged and challenges Secretary Hughes to produce them before an impartial arbitration court. Izvestia and Zinovieff repudiations follow, with ambivalent comment on U.S.-Soviet aims and debt cancellations.
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Moscow
George Tehitcherin
American Workers Party
M. Tchitcherin
United States
Tchitcherin
G. S. Zinovieff
Communist Third Internationale
M. Steckloff
Izvestia
Uhitcherin
Hughes
M. Zinovieff
New York
America
England
Cuba
Spain
Writ of Error in Case of Chester Gilfillen
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in Charleston awarded a writ of error today in the Chester Gilfillen murder case. Gilfillen, under eighteen, is held on a second degree murder conviction for the Dial Hager case in Huntington. Bail motion and testimony adjustments were noted as part of the proceeding.
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Huntington
W. Va
Supreme Court of Appeals
Charleston
Chester Gilfillen
Dial Hager
C. E. Copen
Gilfilen
Gilfillen
Ohio River
Tniv
Nathan Green
Green
West Virginia
Railroad Strike in Arkansas Called Off
President W. G. Lee of the Brotherhood of Trainmen received advices from Harrison Arkansas confirming the calling off of the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad strike in effect since February 1921. The settlement was reached between Frank Mullholland Toledo attorney for thirteen railroad unions and Judge J. M. Shinn circuit court.
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Cleveland
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Harrison
Ark
Missouri and North Arkansas
Frank F. Mullholland
Toledo
J. M. Shinn
Etrcuit Court
Fire at five story building leaves fifteen missing
Fifteen workers are believed safe after a fire damaged the International Stock Food Co. building and Liggett Meyers Tobacco Co. offices in Minneapolis. Officials doubt the 15 missing could not exit with about 300 other employees as the blaze began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
International Stock Food Co
Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Co
Polish cabinet wins confidence vote in diet
The diet in Warsaw endorsed the new cabinet led by Ladislas Grabski by a vote of confidence. Nationalists and most radical members supported the government.
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Warsaw
Diet
Ladislas Grabski
Chamber
Virginian Railway Seeks Approval to Issue Bonds
Virginian Railway Company asks the interstate commerce commission for authority to issue 5 million dollars in five percent mortgage bonds to reimburse the road’s treasury for expenditures on additions and betterments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeamaten
Virginian Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Phillip Fox Convicted of Murder in Georgia Trial
Phillip E. Fox a former publicity agent for the Ku Klux Klan was found guilty of murder in Georgia for the slaying of Klan attorney William S Coburn on November 5 The jury recommended mercy in sentencing and the judge imposed a life term Fox trembled as he was led from the courtroom with police and bailiffs guarding the exit Court cautioned spectators and Fox's family was not present for the verdict.
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Atlanta
Phillip E. Fox
Ku Klu Klan
William S. Coburn
Georgia
Fox
Howard
Beavers
Plans for deportation of Red Ryan completed
Minneapolis December 21 plans for the deportation of Norman Red Ryan a Canadian bank bandit as an undesirable alien have been practically completed Detectives believe Ryan is confessing to crimes he did not commit to avoid extradition to Canada He faces a life term in prison and twenty eight lashes in Canada He has admitted robbing banks in Chicago Detroit St Louis a Liverpool jewelry store a London jewelry store the Bank of Nova Scotia raid and others
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Minneapolis
Norman
Red) Ryan
Ryan
Canada
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Liverpool
London
Defenders of Canton Faced Inland Clash
Fighting broke out last night between Kwangsi and Yunnanese troops, both loyal to the Canton government defending Canton against General Chen Chinung-Ming. The clash occurred near the East River delta, with details not learned locally.
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Canton
Tleimenis
Chen Chinung-Ming
North China
East River
Deal for Indianapolis Ball Club Called Off
Cincinnati officials announced that the proposed acquisition of the Indianapolis baseball club of the American Association by the Cincinnati National League club has been dropped after a meeting. Reds president August Herrmann said a close investigation showed the investment would be too great.
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis Baseball Club
American Association
August Herrmann
Reds
Indianapolis
Rebels and Federal Forces Clash Across Mexican Fronts
Dispatches report continuing fighting near Puebla and Esperanza with federal troops pressing rebels from Villa Hermosa toward Tabasco. Villa Hermosa fallen to Greene’s rebels, while Lagos and Manzanales are reported taken by federal forces. Railway lines resume normal service as Obregon returns to Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Puebla
Washington
Villa Hermosa
Tabasco
Carlos Green
Esperanza
Oriental
Tampico
Republic
San Marcos
el Paso
Tex
Carlos Greene
Enrique D. Ruiz
Lagos
Jalisco
Irapuato
Mananziales
Vera Cruz
Heavy laden booze ship goes aground near Flying Shoals
The British schooner Awasind bound from Nassau to Halifax with 2218 cases of whiskey ran aground on Flying Shoals early today. Coast guard launches and a pilot boat pulled her off and to Southport Harbor in a leaking condition. she will be brought to Wilmington.
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Wilmington
N. C
Awasind
Nassau
Hallifax
N. S
Flying Shoals
Coast Guard
Southport Harbor
Policemen Called to Distillery Raid in Baltimore
A score of city policemen were summoned to Gwynbrook Distillery to aid county officers in rounding up bootleggers who seized at least four truck loads of liquor. The thieves were believed surrounded in a woods, according to police headquarters.
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Baltimore
Gwynbrook
Gradual Reduction in Shop Forces Across Railroads
New York December 21 railroads are implementing a gradual reduction in shop forces aimed to extend to nearly every railroad in the United States. Elimination of overtime in most shops will follow as cars and locomotives have been brought to top condition since 1916.
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New York
United States
Christmas liquor raid targets New York police
New York detectives raided Times Square and Herald Square areas, arresting fifteen men and seizing large quantities of whiskey and other alcohol. The Christmas liquor crackdown targeted illicit imports slipping from New Jersey and across the Canadian border.
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New York
New Jersey
Times Square
Herald Square
New York Sees Unseasonably Warm December Day
New York enjoyed balmy temperatures with the thermometer at 61 degrees in the afternoon. The weather bureau reported a record December high of 56 set in 1895 as shoppers switched to lighter clothing and discarded furs and overcoats.
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York
New York
Weather Bureau
Consideration of Taxes Suspended in House Plan
Washington details show the house ways and means committee suspending tax revision consideration until after year start. Chairman Green aims to report administrative features by January 10 and move to soldiers bonus legislation once rules are set.
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Green
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Republican Conference
Huntington man questioned after extortion letters
Chester E. Hutchinson Jr. was held on a loitering charge in Huntington West Virginia as detectives questioned him for six hours about possible ties to an extortion plot. Police tied the case to threats sent to Gus Burnas and letters bearing the Ku Klux Klan name. Hutchinson had claimed past residences in Phillipsburg and Clearfield Pennsylvania and used the alias Frances M. Ryan.
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Huntington
W. Va
Chester E. Hutchinson, Jr
Phillipsburg
Clearfield
Hutchinson
Frances M. Ryan
Huntington Post Office
B. T. Pitcher
Gus Burnas
Ku Klux Klan
Military Directorate Spain reorganized by royal decree
Madrid. Dec. 21. The Spanish military directorate, in power three months, was reorganized by royal decree. It creates a corps of advisers whose recommendations guide action, but final decisions rest with the president of the directorate. The king and General Primo Rivera justify the change as fulfilling plans set at the outset.
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Madrid
Primo Rivera
Mothers Invited to Legion Dances in Bluefield
The Bluefield legion announces a festive series of dances with the Garber-Davis Orchestra praised as top quality. The Dugout has been renovated for holiday season and a capable committee will run events, with free admission for mothers of dancers.
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Garber-Davis
Legion
Bluefield
Bowling Green College President to Speak at Huntington
J L Harman president of Bowling Green Business College in Kentucky will deliver the mid winter commencement address at Huntington high school as announced by John G Graham superintendent of schools.
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Huntington
W. Va
J. L. Harman
Bowling Green Business College
Bowling Green
Huntington High School
John G. Graham
Revised plans for Cabell County Court House annex
Huntington W Va Dee 21 revised plans for an annex to Cabell county court house to be built at a cost of 125000 will be ready Wednesday of next week architects told the county court today
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Court House
Huntington
W. Va
Dee
Cabell County Court House
County Court
Banquet Highlights Bluestone Council Travelers Event
About 400 Bluestone Council No. 110 United Commercial Travelers and guests filled the West Virginian for the annual banquet. Mayor Thomas presided as toastmaster after a lively program led by Tee city and principal speaker J. Phelps who traced hotels and travel growth from Pocahontas to two Virginias.
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Bluestone Council No. 110
United Commercial Travelers of America
West Virginian
Bluefield
W. H. Thomas
United Commercial Travelers
Meyer-Davis Orchestra
Thomas
Tee City
Phelps
Mr. Phelps
Pocahontas
West Virginia
Hillefield
Virginias
W. J. Cole
Bluestone Council
F. P. Roberts
T. J. Phelps
W. C. Easley
J. E. McMullin
C. V. Foland
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la Atunmal Ulmal
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Arkansas
Virginian Railway
Philip E. Fox
William $. Coburn
Judge Howard
Red Ryan
Indianapolis Ball Club
Iovie
Tamac Nne
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Esperanza and
Capital
Obregon
Tamaulipas
Lorenzo Muniz
Target
NEW York Cops
Huntington Police
Military Directorate
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Prinvendy
ANN Linjuilu
New Hotel
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