Electric Taxes Decrease Shown
Rush Holt and N M Argubrite testified before the House Finance Committee about electric taxes in West Virginia. Holt noted the total tax would be about 500000 dollars less in 1933 than the previous year. Argubrite warned further taxation could push industry to relocate or hurt the state’s economy.
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Rush DO. Holt
Mbers
House of Delegates
N. M. Argubrite
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Lnance
Marlin Geiger
Weatwace Chlorine Products Company
South Charleston
West Virginia
N. Arga‘brite
Appa
Jackson Electric Power Company
Argubrite
Power Companies
Delegate Hall
Holt
Federal Trade Commission
Ohio Valley
Wright Hugus
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Company
Righter
D. Harrison
Harry Zellers
Huntington
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
Argabrite
Appalachian Company
Government to Hold Home Loan Inquiry in Nationwide Probe
The Federal Home Owners Loan Corp. announces a nationwide inquiry led by chairman John H. Fahey to root out loan gouging and mismanagement. The probe follows the resignation of Chicago manager William G. Done and targets criminal prosecutions for guilt.
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Washington
Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation
John H. Fahey
Fahey
Wiam G. Done
Chicago
Tiny Findlay baby born weighing twenty ounces
A premature baby girl weighing 20 ounces was born Saturday night to Mr and Mrs Charles Carmen in Findlay. Doctors believed she was dead at birth but revived and now rests in a basket by a coal stove. Grandmother Finard uses a doll bottle to feed her, and the child measures 14 inches long with blond hair and blue eyes.
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Findlay
Charles Carmen
Carmen
Charles
John Bartshlett
Civil Works Program Slow in Charleston and Huntington
The Civil Works Administration reports November results show Charleston transferring 24 percent of relief cases to civil works, while Huntington transfers 2 percent. Across 133 localities, 28 percent of relief cases were moved to civil works. In Charleston 2,403 relief cases, 923 transferred to civil works. in Huntington 468 cases, 77 moved to civil works.
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Washington
Dec
Civil Works Administration
Civil Works
Charleston
Huntington
W. Va
Civil
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Death of Mrs. A. D. Summers 98 in Gallipolis
Mrs. A. D. Summers a native of Malden aged 98 died in Gallipolis Ohio. Her niece Mrs J R Foster of South Charleston traveled there yesterday to be with the family. Summers was formerly Miss Martha Frances Congleton.
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J. R. Foster
South Charleston
Gallipolis
A.D. Summers
Malden
Buramers
Martha Frances Congleton
Onto Valley
Murder charge filed in Wyoming county shooting case
Pineville December 18. A murder charge was filed against Jim Herron of Allen Junction by Wyoming county authorities after Wilson Shaffer, 60, died from shotgun wounds suffered Saturday at Beckley hospital. Sheriff J Betcher said the shooting arose from a quarrel over a shotgun and Herron claimed self defense.
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Pineville
Wyoming
Jim Berron
Allen Junction
Beckley Hospital
Wilson Shaffer
J. ©. Betcher
Herron
Obituary notices for Summers and McCarns remain in paper
Obituary notices report Mrs Florence Summers of Walback 28 died at Charleston hospital. Funeral at Walback Methodist Church with interment at Pleasant Hill cemetery this afternoon. Survivors include husband three children sister and four brothers. Separate notice: James McCarns 29 killed in Oak Hill car crash. funeral held in Fayetteville with interment there. He is survived by cousins and siblings. Linville driver and wife escaped with minor injuries.
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Florence Summers
Walback Methodist Church
Walback
Charleston Hospital
Pleasant Hill
Suyies MeCarns
Fayetteville
James McCarns
Oak Hill
N. M. McCarns
Virginia Street
Youngstown
Flint
Mich
MecCarus
C. Linville
Traice
Linville
Truce Reported In Gran Chaco War
Montevideo reports an armistice proposal between Bolivia and Paraguay over the Gran Chaco border. Paraguay sought a ceasefire with midnights from Tuesday to December 30, while Bolivia’s Salamanca urged immediate acceptance and Ayala demanded strong guarantees to prevent renewed fighting.
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Montevideo
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Salamance
Gabriel Torre
Uruguay
Terra
Salamanca
Ayala
Ayela
Iast
Pence
Club Formed by Young Democrats in Charleston
R N Stephens was unanimously elected president of the Charleston branch of the Young Democratic Clubs of America at a meeting in the common pleas court room. Mrs Clara Boyd was elected secretary and H L Snyder Jr, WV division president, spoke on club history. The next meeting is set for January 17 at the court room.
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R. N. Stephens
Charleston
Young Hemocratic Clubs of America
Common Pleas
Court House
Clara Boyd
H. L. Snyder, Jr
West Virginia
John Amos
Dale G. Casto
Allen Tample
Dorr Tucker
Flossie Butts
W. =. R. Byrne, Jr
James B. Kincaid
Leo Casey
Common Pleas Court Room
Storm Hits North Pacific Coast Floods Cities
A weekend gale along the North Pacific coast drenched cities and shipping with steady rain. Water levels rose and 8,000 homes flooded while freighters Losmar Henry D. Whiton and Charles L. Wheeler suffered heavy damage as coastguard efforts continued.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast
Losmar
Henry D. Whiton
Charles L. Wheeler
Weather Toll Hits Shore with Tides and Flooding
Small craft were tossed onto beaches or starled away by the tides. No toss of life was reported. Not nine persons were injured. Water flowed over highways, flooded sewers, cut power lines and caused earth slides.
Tragic Suicide At Soldier Field Gates
A 19 year old girl shot herself at the gates of Soldier Field Chicago early today in a romance tragedy. Police report a fatal self inflicted gunshot ending a tale of unrequited love and desire.
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Chicago
Soldier Field
Tragic Love Triangle Ends in Suicide at Soldier Field
Harriet Gercas, a local woman in a love triangle, could not marry the man she loved or the man who loved her. This morning she took her father's revolver to Soldier Field and shot herself in the mouth, a fatal act amid intensified emotions.
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Iday
Harriet Gercas
Harriet
Bin
Soldier Field
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Thomas Nutter
Thomas Mutter
Cherleston
Friends
Owen and
Barta
United States
Canada
Mexico
Young Democrats
Boyd
North Pacific
ST. Joseph Aspirin
St. and Co
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Kanawha Banking and Trust Company
Federal Reserve System
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