Best Business Day in Months Reported Here
Charleston shoppers thronged streets after Christmas as parking lots filled and thousands drove to the business district. Merchants hailed the day as the best in years with sales surpassing 1931 and 60 percent over 1932, aided by CWA workers’ pay day and heavy traffic to restaurants and department stores. Store reports varied but included sixfold gains at a cigar counter and grocers noting the strongest day in over two years. Local officials observed increased delinquent tax payments as sheriff’s deputies collected assessments.
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Charleston
Bess
Bary Drug Stores
Sheriff's Ofx
Terror Reigns As Spaniards Rebel
MADRID December 9 reports describe a reign of terror from an extremist revolutionary movement sweeping northeastern Spain. The revolt causes deaths and injuries across multiple provinces including Logroño Zaragoza and MihDréds with battles between troops and rebels. Leaders aim to widen the uprising to all extremists in Spain and seek political power after a recent parliamentary setback.
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Madrid
Pra‘nce
Saragoss
Spain
Tarragona
Reus
Manresa
Logropo
Suratene
Province
Zaragoza
Mihdréds
Three Are Killed In Sportsman Wreck
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad crack flyer The Sporte- Tian wrecked near Mount Logan at midnight Friday. Henry Glasett of Huntington West Virginia died, along with Engineer Harry Gresham of Russell, Kentucky. A sixth crew member died later. four other persons and three mail-car employees were injured. Officials probed a possible high speed causing the track to slip at the S curve.
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Chillicothe
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Henry Glasett
Huntington
Mount Logan
Harry Gresham
Russell
State official urges West Virginia aid to 75000 in need
Deputy relief chief William W. Beehler told 400 unemployed workers and union leaders inside the state capitol that federal aid relies on state action. He demanded the governor and legislature quickly match funds, cut red tape, and put every man to work even without tools, with a goal of full employment by midweek.
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West Virginia
Kump
William W. Beshler
Beehler Heid
Legislatire
Sesalon
Reehler
Ernest L. Bailey
Depger
Beehler
Beebler
B.D. Boingleton
Department of Cublie Gaiety
Norw
Dunbar to Wipe out Unemployment Tomorrow
Unemployment will be wiped out in Dunbar as 225 men are assigned to 11 approved street improvement projects. Three Dunbar citizens volunteered with Charleston staff to verify relief lists to ensure all unemployed are included, M. M. Maloney T. E. Keeling and D. W. Crawfort assisting.
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Dunbar
Charleston
Civil Works Administration
Rynbar
Folunteers
M. M. Maloney
T. E. Keeling
Punbar
D. W. Crawfort
More Jobs For Women Sought
A state conference of FERA officials and women representatives will announce broader opportunities for women in federal relief work. Mrs. Lauretta E. Muir will discuss civil works projects and services, with Mrs. A D Spaulding outlining projects for Negro women.
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FERA
Gu Is
Mra
Muir
Lauretta E. Muir
Lindberghs Plan Amazon Jungle Flight
The Lindberghs decide their next leg will fly over jungle wilderness toward Manaus, Brazil, aiming to proceed toward Trinidad, Puerto Rico and Miami. They arrived from Natal after a 1004 mile flight and met U S Consul Ver on arrival before visiting government officials as they planned their homeward leg.
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Para
Brazil
Charles A. Lindbergh
Manats
Amazon
Manans
Trinidad
Puerto Rico
Miami
Natal
South Atlantic
Africa
United States
George E. Seliver
Mazathaes Barats
Plenty of Pork and Beans Assured for West Virginia
West Virginia will receive large shipments of navy beans pork and other surplus foods through FERA relief. State director Bunsell announced federal orders for several carloads of navy beans and 30 to 40 carloads of pork with butter expected soon. Beans come from Wisconsin surplus and will be distributed to counties retailers and consumers. Coal orders are also being arranged through local dealers to aid the unemployed and needy as winter commerce picks up.
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R. Gf. Bunsell
Commodity Distribution
FERA
Federal
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Brissell
NS. P. Rinehart
State Department of Movies
Aamiuch Ag
Unck
Rinatiart
Lower liquor tax demanded on Capitol Hill
Washington dispatch reports broad opposition to Roosevelt proposed liquor taxes with calls for a $1.50 per gallon rate and warnings that higher taxes would fuel bootlegging. The administration announced codes for wholesalers and rectifiers, expanding federal control over distilling brewing and distribution while planning hearings on wine producers.
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Washington
Dec
Capitol
Roosevelt
Mator
West
Ohio
Britten
al- Cobol Control Administration
Vintners BS
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
Fts
Tor
Trora
Perretasion 10
United States
Choate
Orphan Receives Major Share In Magevney Estate Decision
Nashville Tenn December decision of Tennessee supreme court awards adopted granddaughter Blanche Hamilton Karsch of Memphis the bulk of Eu gene Magevney s 3 000 000 estate with 1 600 000 personal property and half of 2 000 000 real estate. remaining 1 009 000 to beneficiary of Sister Mary Agnes will contingent on will validity involving the Sacred Heart convent and Magevney heirs. The case traces back to Magevney s two daughters who earlier sent a three year old girl from New York orphanage to Memphis named Blanche Hamilton while Mary Agnes later associated with a nun and will. The court s ruling hinges on adoption status and the confluence of wills among surviving relatives and institutions.
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Nashville
Tenn
Eugene Migevney
Supreme Court
New York
Blanche Hamilton Karsch
Memphis
Kate E. Hamilton
Magevney
Reneetece
Mary Agnes
Sacred Heart
Galveston
Trxas
Slater Mary
Agnes
Toeay
Hamilton
J. W. Dawson
Blanche Hamilton
Joseph
Karech
Daweon
Hugh
Blanche
Slater
Bly Now Doug Is Silent on Pickford Divorce Complaint
Swiss dispatch notes Douglas Fairbanks silent as Mary Pickford filed a divorce complaint. The actor was described as in low spirits and preparing to travel, with no public statement issued. The report centers on the dispute's formal filing and Fairbanks’s reaction in Moritz.
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Plenke
Bly
Doug
Moritz
Switzerland
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Austilu Lomoreno
County Nears Total of Jobs in Kanawha County
County and state officials report Kanawha County will place 283?4 men on relief road and forest projects under the CWA. Foremen are appointed, work assignments tied to home locations to cut transport costs. statewide, 10,973 persons across 40 counties to be employed, total CWA workers reach 76,951. quotas show 71842 excess to federal projects.
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Bangwha
CWA
Toral Works Administration
Ninte Cwa
GWA
Theatere
Charleston
Kanawhs
Lincoln County Line
Prominent Charleston Woman Dies After Illness
Mrs. Cynthia D. Stephenson wife of Samuel Stephenson dies at five pm after pneumonia at their Bratford street residence. Active in civic church work she led in D A R and Daughters of the Confederacy circles and attended First Presbyterian. Born Marmet 1861 she leaves husband two children from a previous marriage and two with her husband plus four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending at Simpson's funeral home.
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Cynthia D. Stephenson
Samuel Stephenson
Charleston Pualness
Bratford Street
Joseph Vickers
Simpson
Stephenson
Chepler
GS. T. Sharp
G. T. Sharp
Ira Sayre
Path
Charleston
Byron 8. Stephenson
Leslie Egbert
New York City
Eath Ward
Constance Unt Leulle F. Egbert, Jr
Mis
Frances A. Stepnenson
Inquiry Into Gold Price Plan Secrets Begun
Treasury officials probe possible leakage of the daily gold price set by Morgenthau and Jones as foreign speculators hinted London ahead of official release. The price held at 3401 for the eighth straight trading day while insiders restrict access and wires carry the official notification.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Esrle Bailie
London
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
Federal Be
Death of J Otis Summers City Clerk
J Otis Summers city clerk died yesterday at his home from pneumonia following injuries in a November automobile crash near Mink Shoats ma h He had fractured a leg and suffered severe body bruises and lace tlons Funeral services are set for tomorrow afternoon at two under the United Spanish American War veterans with Rev Charles Tate and Rev Workman officiating Summers was a member of Kanawha camp No 2 Knights of Pueblos and a national officer in the veterans organization He was born in Boare County My on April l 1.
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J. Otis Summers
Raahe Street
Mink Shoats
Summers
United Spantish American War Veterans
Charles. V. Tate
Faillipps
Workman
D. D
Offente
Kanawha Camp No. 2
United Spanish American War
Knights of Pstulas
Veterans Organization
Boare County
Solons Seek New Tax Sources as Enabling Act Goes to Governor
West Virginia lawmakers push for new revenue while Governor Kump weighs the enabling act. Debates center on a graduated income tax, repeal of gross sales tax, and possible depletion taxes for public utilities. The tax collection bill passes the Senate, with a Supreme Court challenge anticipated over the state assuming county and district debt once the act is signed.
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Solons
Kump
John C. Myers
Moundsville
Sen
Companier
Myers
Barax
Rlyers
House of Delegates
Senate
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Kamp
State orders wheelbarrows shovels and more for relief fund
The state department of purchases issued a large order for labor tools funded with federal aid. The purchase includes 4428 wheelbarrows at five dollars each, 15 256 shovels at seventy five cents, 342 plcks and small tools at seven cents, 2205 axes at one dollar, edged tools at thirty cents, 23 433 feet of drift steel at twenty cents a foot, and 34 60 handles for hammers and levers at forty five cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Ciownorky Administration
Notables Die In English Blaze
A weekend house party at the McCormick mansion in Whitchurch Hampshire ends in tragedy as eight people perish in a sudden fire. Among the dead are Duke De la Tremoille, a French cavalry officer and Premier Duke of France, and Capt. J. H. B. Rodesy of London. Mrs Frances Strickland Levejs, daughter of Rep Oldham, is gravely injured after leaping from the blazing house. She is treated at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, where the captain died. The blaze devastates the rural English fireside and investigators probe the cause as hospitals report the injured.
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Whitchurch
Hampshire
England
J. McGormick
London
Rodney
Frances Strickland Levejs
Oldham
Seattle
Wash
Royal Hampshire
Hesp
Winchester
Zack “Habe
Questa
McCormick
Forest Reserve Plan Is Urged at League Meet
At the Wild Life league convention in Bequest, Nat T. Frame of Morgantown urged expansion of national forests and any state woodland development. E L. Lively of Fairmont was reelected president. officers include S. J. Evang Princeton Percy H. Hornbrook Wheeling and S. M. Worley Bluefield as vice presidents, with J. Z. Coughlin Fairmont secretary treasurer. An executive committee will pick next year's convention city.
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Beqrley
National Forest
Wild Life League
Nat T. Frame
Morgantown
E. L. Lively
Fairmont
State League
S. J. Evang
Princeton
Percy H. Hornbrook
Wheeling
S. M. Worley
Bluefield
J. Z. Coughlin
High Speed Is Goal Of Future in Air Traffic
New York December reports outline continental airways aiming for four miles a minute with safety. By next year statisticians of the aeronautical chamber of commerce predict coast to coast travel in about 30 hours, a significant improvement over today. The article notes rising passenger and mail volumes, more air stations, and expanding fleets such as Pan American and United Airlines adding Boeing craft, all signaling faster, more reliable air travel with growing business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Continental Airways
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Eads
Aoe
Pan-Ameri
Can Airways
Unitedt Airlines
Boeing
Transcontinental and Western Airways
Shriners Meet Draws 1000 Plus to Charleston
In Charleston yesterday more than 1 000 Shriners from across the state and distant places gathered to greet national chief John N. Bethrel of Norfolk Virginia and attend the Bent Kedem temple ceremony. The day included a large parade band concert banquet reception and dance with many imperial potentates and members from Parkersburg Ashland Kentucky and other cities.
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Charleston
Bent Kedem
Norfolk
Setrelt
Shriners
Sebrell
Potentats
Order
A . Ayres
Chicago
Walter &. Sugden
Slaternsville
Imperial Oriental Guide Ala
Parkersburg
Bhiefield Rington
Ashland
Gian
Eac
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Revolutionary Movement
A.D. Spaulding
Mig Alice Davis
Monongalia County
Rachiro Trent
Ethel Moreland
Morgans Town
Nancy Cook
Protela
Monongalis
Arthurdale
Mira
Kow
Lee
Mass
Nicholas Way
Toviteh
James A. Cale
Amazon River
Rinehart
Capitol Hill
NRA
Puze
Frances Robinson
Hugh 5. Johnson
Dvluysen
Phovicy
C. D. Stephenson
Blaze
Peer
France
Harrisburg
Ill
Galata
Wiliam Swann
Provisional
United Mine Workers
Peabody No
Hareo
Clyde Williams
J. J. Pittmen
United Ming
Went
Chamber of Commerce
Department of Aeronautics
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