Fire Equipment Dispute Settled By City Council
At a late council meeting, a motion to purchase three 750 gallon hydrant pieces passed after prior clashes led by Councilman Mathews. The mayor will seek best price while hydrants near police HQ and several streets may be included. Other routine items followed, including NYA street labor and street name changes in South Hill.
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Cornel
Aleet
Blaine G. Nicholson
Harry L. Mathews
Mathews
McCorkle Avenue
McCorkle
Chesterfield Avenues
South Greenbrier
Xanawha
Volunteers of America
National Youth Administration
Gates
Charleston
South Hill
Avenue
Aubatliue
Maple Avenue
John Moore
Wallis Offers to Sacrifice Love to Save King Edward
A telephone talks between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VI reportedly end with her offer to enter voluntary exile. The outcome depends on Edward’s next public remarks as parliament presses conditional demands. Rumors place her fate on a possible South Seas cruise aboard Mrs. Fellowes yacht Anne in Cannes Harbor.
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Edward
Wallis
Mrs. Simpson
England
America
Apparntion
South Sea Islands
Reginald Fellowes
Anne
Cannes
President Roosevelts tropical cruise frames future plans
The president on day twenty of the voyage remains 2000 miles south of Trinidad with Friday’s stop near there. He will receive a fresh batch of mall and use the cruise to draft ideas for Congress and outline his second term program while the voyage stays quiet aside from the initial rough weather from Rio de Janeiro. Inoculations of pollen help doctors identify which plant triggers hay fever.
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Washington
Trinidad
Rio de Janeiro
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Thomas Presents Varied Recital At Local High School
American baritone Thomas offered a diverse program in a Community Music Association concert at the high school. He delivered Grieg and Strauss with clarity and ease, explored French and German songs, and closed with Head and other titles. Accompanist Holliser matched the pacing with engaging cues and solos.
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Thomas
Community Music Association
Bayara F. Ennis
John Charles Thomas
Grieg
Eros
Franz
Wetzler
Zucignune
Strauss
En Bargue
Dierne
Rose
Fragile infant in makeshift incubator shocks Ravenswood
In Ravenswood on December 11 a pound and a half baby girl, born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. W R Elis, remains precarious with slim survival chances without immediate aid. Dr J H Donovan notes two more nurses needed and praises neighbors for supplying fur coats blankets and heat via a hot water bottle in the improvised incubator set in an abandoned schoolhouse five miles from town. Mrs Elis slowly regains strength and cannot yet care for the child as she recovers.
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Ravenswood
W. R. Elis
J. H. Donovan
Police Arrest 884 In November Report Details
The November report by W A Tully shows city police arrested 884 people on 1 325 charges. The peak daily arrests were 71 on Nov 14 and 21 0 on Nov 21, with 14 on Nov 4 the day after an election. Drunk charges totaled 643 with fines in 158 traffic cases totaling 54 dollars. Nine girls and 28 boys were held in detention. 26 photographed and fingerprinted. Patrolmen Summers and Rowley logged 91 and 90 arrests respectively.
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W. A. Tully
Siscederty
Cipal
J. A. Summers
G. Rowley
Ball’s Rail Empire Loaned to Mid-America Control
Public auction in September 1995 paid $274,682 for railroad control as Senator Wheeler and Max Lowenthal questioned Ball about unfamiliar enterprises. Ball admitted knowing the venture was vast and that the securities bought formed Mid-America, the parent of Van Sweringen holdings, with 249 subsidiaries.
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Wheeler
Ball
van Sweringen
OFP
van Sa Gen
Mid-America Corporation
Mont
Max Lowenthal
Senate Committee
Alleghany Company
Debi
Lowenthal
van Sweringen Enterprises
Mid-America
A Ca
Mr X Defeats Kasaboski in Armory Wrestling Show
In the American Legion weekly wrestling event at the Armory last night Mr X, 190, defeated Kasaboski after two falls to one. the deciding fall came on a countout. Joe Parelli, 190, beat Jaci Bernard, 185 in the semi windup. Paul Adams, 185, defeated Angelo Martini, 189 when Martini was disqualified.
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Mr. X
Alex Jasa
Bork
Maia
American Legion
Armory
Joe Parelli
Jaci Bernard
Paul Adams
Angelo Martini
Kennedy Couple Plan Winter in Florida City
Mr and Mrs D C Kennedy and Mrs J H M Carter will depart today for Fort Lauderdale Florida. Mrs Kennedy and Mrs Carter will spend the winter there while Mr Kennedy returns to the city around January 1.
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Mr. and
Mrs. Kennedy
Florida City
D.C. Kennedy
J. HM. Carter
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Kennedy
Carter
Umeter
Mr. Kennedy
Thousands Drowned In Philippine Flood Report
The Philippine army reports thousands carried away and missing in a catastrophic flood in the Cagayan valley of northern Luzon. At least 54 towns inundated as communication lines and highways are washed out and fears grow for many more missing in Itagan and Aparri areas.
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Manila
Dee
Philippine Army
Cagayan River
Luzon
Aparri
Itagan
U S Steel faces labor board over employee representation plan
Washington dispute centers on United States Steel and Carnegie-Illinois plan for employee representation. The board cites lack of worker votes, access to meetings, and use of bulletin boards to sway workers. hearings set for December 17.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Alles
United States Steel Corporation
United le Mine Workers
Tteel Workers Organization Committee
Assncia-tion
United States Steel
Carnowie-Illinois Corporation
Em-Loye
Alice
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Comepany
Ems
Carnegin-llinois
Governors Study Proposals For State Agencies And Schools
Bureaus were urged to provide information as the conservation commission seeks recommendations for service improvements. Governor plans to present state-wide recommendations in the coming regular session, with Attorney General Molt to deliver another message before retirement. He asks the board of control to distinguish state credit exposure in stadium and athletic dealings, while seeking renegotiation of highway trucks rules and a reform of school policy to remove political influence.
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Conservation Commission
Action Assurante
Offic
Molt
Kavernop
Neer
Fox
University Stadium Corporation
The
Athletic Association
Board of Control
Stadium Corporation
University Athletic Association
Kump
Simpson
Mre
Court Upholds States Rights to Fix Prices
Justice Stone did not participate due to dysentery. The court refused to review two attacks on the 1938 act broadening federal regulation of commodity exchanges as it began two weeks of arguments. The discussion touched on original cost versus prudent investment in company books and telephone rates.
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Rompanies
Next Move in King-Wally Crisis Focuses on Monarch
The British constitutional crisis centers on King Edward and his plan to wed Mrs. Simpson. Cabinet statements stress delaying decisions to protect national and imperial interests. Friends note Edward insists on marrying Simpson, while Buckingham Palace awaits the king’s final choice and Government advisers’ guidance.
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Monarch
All Majesty
Mrs. Simpson
Baldwin
Friends
Bath
Simpson
Baih
Edward
Smithers Creek Youth Arrested in Robbery
Smithers Creek youth Carl Daniel McKnight, 17, of Marting on Smithers Creek, was arrested Sunday night for armed robbery of a Negro taxi driver near East Bank. The driver identified him as the thief who pointed a gun, took money, and fled. The wrecked taxi was found about a mile from the cone. McKnight was placed in Kanawha county Jail by Corporal L A Taylor after questioning by state police.
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Carl Daniel MckKnight
Smithers Creek
East Bank
Kanawha County
L. A. Taylor
eKnight
Fastbank
Charles
Taylor
Harry Praltter
Fayette County
Loyalists Readies To Meet Insurgents Over Aiding Powers
Loyalists prepare to meet insurgents as they plan to submit photographs they claim show torpedo damage on the cruiser Miguel de Cervantes near Cartagena in November and fragments from bombs dropped during an aerial attack, arguing Germany and Italy aid the insurgents. An air ministry note says three insurgent planes downed yesterday were Heinkel German fighters. A spray claims to kill the black widow spider if touched. most sprays merely paralyze skin.
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Germany
Italy
League of Nations
Governs Mcht
Miguel de Cervantes
Cartagena
Wet Packages Still Banned by U S Mail
Washington December 7 The post office department notes a 1909 U S code provision remains in effect declaring spiritous vinous malted fermented or other intoxicating liquor non mailable. Offenders face fines up to 4000 dollars or up to two years imprisonment or both.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Lucky Shopper prize ad offers $3 daily cash rewards
The Gazette announces a contest where the shopper pictured daily in the downtown business district will win $3 cash and a photo will appear in the next day’s edition. The Clarette cameraman captures early morning shifts as shoppers are featured, encouraging early visits before Christmas.
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Gazette
Heiress Mother Must Face Trial in California
Governor Holtman ordered Mrs. Maryon Cooper Hewitt extradited to California to face conspiracy to commit mayhem charges connected to sterilization of her daughter Ann. Attorney General Wilentz supported extradition. Breslin may challenge in court or press California proceedings.
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Trenton
N. J
Holtman
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
California
Ann
Gergral Wilentz
Sam
New Jersey
William ¥. Breslin
Tirs
Hewitt
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Hoffman
Stephenson Plans To Fight Ousting
Stephenson and Wilson plan to assist their successor in addressing commission issues after being ordered removed for refusing to resign. Alexander and Peters held a conference with board member Brady and another official this afternoon as an audit ordered by the governor nears completion. Stephenson said his fight continues and he would not be at the state house.
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Alexander
Peters
Sates Brady
Lnter
Agump
Wilson
Uke Stephenson
Carbon Fuel Employee Injured in Mine Accident
Alex Semini, about 25, was injured yesterday when caught between a mine cap and a wall in Mine No. 4 of the Carbon Fuel Company. He was taken to Kanawha Valley Hospital where a possible pelvic fracture was reported. His condition was not serious. A note adds that in Great Britain the accident rate is higher among men than women.
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Alex Semini
Carbon Fuel Company
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Great Britain
Prompt Pay People Pay Less Household Finance Ad
The notice promotes Household Finance offering loans below lawful maximum and emphasizes prompt payment. It highlights reduced losses and collection costs for prompt pay customers. It also claims to teach home money management and budgeting to stretch dollars.
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Household Finance
Household Finance Office
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