Woman Wounded in Kanawha Street Shooting Case
Mrs. Nelile Adkins 34 of lower Kanawha Street was shot Sunday night and listed in very serious condition at Bt Francis hospital. Her husband William Adkins 35 testified before the grand jury after claiming he took the revolver from her following two shots fired at him. Ace Wolfenbarger of lower Kanawha Street was bound over on a felonious cutting charge stemming from a prior attack at the Adkins home.
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Bt. Francis Hospital
Nelile Adkins
Lower Kanawha Street
William Adkins
Thas
Grand Jury
Ace Wolfenbarger Alio
Adkins Held Without Bond After Police Questioning
Capt. Dan Smith reported Adkins is being held without bond following police questioning by Chief John Britton.
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Dan Smith
John Britton
Adkins
Favorable Business Reports Across Cities
Pittsburgh posts an 18 percent rise in postal receipts for early December, totaling 3,343,275 for the year, exceeding 341,085 over last year. Chicago railroads report December freight gains, Santa Fe up 2,173 cars, Milwaukee 1,429, Northwestern about 800. Washington notes October auto exports 400 percent higher than 1982, with 12.8 percent of U S car production abroad. Peoria Caterpillar November sales reach 1,424,760.48 with net profit of 177,533.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post Office
Chicago
Der
Santa Fe
Milwaukee Road
Northwestern
Washington
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
America
Peoria
E. Born-stein
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Emmanuel Baptist to stage Christmas play tonight
The Philathea Bible class of Emmanuel Baptist church presents a Christmas play at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the church.
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Philathea Bible Class
Emmanuel Baptist Church
New Kanawha County CWA Board Named
Charles K. Payne announces a new Kanawha county civil works and unemployment relief administration board. The five Charleston members are John T. Morgan Frank Bell F C McKinley Frank Baer and L P Williams replacing the previous 18 member county welfare and civil works group amid unemp loyment league charges of political preference in job distribution.
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Kanawha County Civil Works and Unemployment Relief Administration Board
Charles K. Payne
State Unemployment Relief Administration
County Welfare and Civil Works Board
West Virginia Unemployed League
Unemployed League
State Relief Administration
Welfare
West Virginia
John 7. Morgan
Frank Bell
F.C. McKinley
Frank Baer
L. P. Williams
Charleston
Actress Miriam Davis Sues Joseph Davis Over Secret Marriage
The 108 pound actress Miriam Ruby Davis alleges in a suit that Joseph Davis blocked her career after their London wedding on April 14, 1926, and that she was the sole support during their cohabitation until their separation on October 1, 1929. The suit seeks protection of identity and quiet handling of the matter within Hollywood circles.
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Hollywood
Ulled
Miriam Ruby Davis
Joseph Davis
London
Bey
Profiigate
Legislators In Auto Accidents Involving Hiner Family
Two lawmakers were in crashes within 36 hours. Speaker Hiner his wife and son escaped harm in a Droop Mountain collision that left their car heavily damaged in Pocahontas County. Senator Hodges hit a boy crossing the road near the capitol. the youth Raymond Ellis 18 of Charleston was not injured and Hodges assisted him.
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Hiner
House
Droop Mountain
Pocahontas County
Hodges
Monongalia
Fallel
Senate
Capitol
Raymond Ellis
Caarleston
Divorce suit details marriage of actress revealed
In Pasadena and Los Angeles reports from December 18, authorities linked a revolver found at a dentist's home to a suspected murder case. Actress Miriam Jordan, identified as a blue-eyed beauty queen, disclosed a secret marriage to Thomas Bennett six years earlier as she faced divorce proceedings amid ongoing investigations.
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Pasadena
Calif
Leonard Stever
Los Angeles
Thomas Bennett
England
Miriam Jordan
Back to Farm Reported by Ickes in Roosevelts Era
Secretary Ickes notes a drift from cities to rural areas due to widespread unemployment. The report highlights subsistence homesteads, farm training, and part time urban gardening as paths for displaced workers, with emphasis on West Virginia miners and rural community support. It also covers reclamation fund revenues and slower construction, plus minor criminal note on a pension fraud case in Ireland.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Burea
Interior Department
Severn
West Virginia
Civisians
Edwood Mead
Reclamation
Mead
Henry Hamilton
Selfast
Ireland
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Appalachian Electric Power Company
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Joe
E. L. Martin
Rananta
S. Spencer Moore Co
Capitol 31
Pione
Gates
Xman
J. M. Gates’ Sons Co
Roomy
Virginie Sts
Ghartestan
Frankenberger & CO
Our
Frankenberger
ARROW
Universal
Hansen
Hickory
Westminster
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