Midnight Mass and elaborate rites planned in Charleston area
Elaborate Christmas programs are set today and on Christmas Eve in Charleston churches. Catholic midnight Masses, vesper services at 5 PM, and musical offerings led by Mrs. John Mason and Miss Lillian Christip mark the season. The program at St Johns Episcopal includes a 11 oclock service with organ preludes and choral works. The Rev Frank Chiltor Brown will deliver sermons as the choir performs Bergelsl and Bach pieces alongside a 15 minute carol service and a pageant The Child of Prophecy directed by Ruth Sparkes Reese features local cast members and a full church program of music and scripture.
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Charleston
St. John's Episcopal
Thas
J. Henry Fraziers
Bream Memorial
John Mason
Lillian Christip
Oraep
Otto Mall- Hing
Bach
Frank Chiltor Brown
Bergelesl
Percy H
Boat
Adams
Brown
Child of Prophecy
Fiver
Ruth Sparkes Reese
Margaret Moulton
Lawrence Yeardney
William Lanham
Percy H. Beat Harry Musser
Dorothy Bek
Robert Agsten
Charlotte Har Rer
Ralph Miller
Don Lucas
Henry Bono
Leon Jones
Tom, Richardson
Mary Wilson Dotson
Katharine Glenn
James Thomas
Tom
Skull Fractured In Hit-Run By Kanawha City Bridge
A pedestrian, Frank Morrow 63 of Kanawha Avenue, was struck by a hit and run automobile at the south end of the Kanawha City bridge and rushed to Mountain State hospital in critical condition. Four others sustained cuts and bruises. victims include Mrs. Bruce Sandpriss of Marmet and Miss Mary Spainhour. Ballard remained under observation at Charleston General.
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Kanawha City
Frank Morrow
Kanawha Avenue
Mountain State Hospital
Morrow
Nim
Bruce Sandpriss
Marmet
McMillan Hospital
Mary Spainhour
Josephine Spainhout
Joseph Ballard
Owens
Charleston General Hospital
Ballard
Santa from Missouri Delivers Radio Message in New York
A Missouri man calling himself Santa Claus arrived in New York four days late but ready to deliver a radio message. The 48 year old Rev Santa Claus explained his identity at a hotel register and said he hopes to return home to answer children letters. He has five sons and a life spent in farm work.
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New York
Santa Claus
Marshall
Missouri
Claus
Continense
Edmiston Calls For Vet Probe In Huntington Rating Board
Rep Andrew Edmiston urged a probe into Huntington rating board practices affecting ex soldiers. He argued the board is stricter than those in Washington and Pittsburgh, ignoring laws favoring veterans. He plans to seek administration interpretation and may push Congress for investigation.
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Andrew. Edmiston
Huntington
Ward
Western Democrat
Huntington Board
Simller
Washington
Pittsburgh
Speca
Huntingwold
W. J. Cunningham
Fdmisten
Cunningham
Funtington
Congress
Sing Sing Inmates Ask Santa For Calendars
Sing Sing prison warden Louis L Lawes says 2400 inmates average 15 gifts each funded by mutual welfare league. Calendars are requested as gifts to mark days until Christmas Eve distribution.
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Gssining
Dec
Sing Sing
Santis Claus
Mutual Welfare League
Internal party rifts loom ahead of the 1932 convention
Washington reports rising strife within both major parties as Republicans debate Borah’s leadership of liberal factions and Democrats weigh Alfred E. Smith’s soon to be spoken stance on the new deal. Speculation centers on delegate pledges and Hoover’s strategy amid looming convention tensions.
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Washington
Ser. Borah
New York
Alfred B. Smith
Borah
Honver
Hoover
Hauptmann Rehearses Death House Carols in Prison
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, condemned for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, rehearses singing by the electric chair as six condemned men in the death house near the execution chamber participate in Christmas carols. A wreath hangs near the clock marking the doomed hours. Governor Hoffman weighs commutation terms while officials plan hearings.
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la Ss
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
New Jersey State
Nut
Shell Shocked Veteran Awakens After Four-Year Sleep
Folke ston England December 21 Victor Cleave a railway worker once shelled by war endured a four year sleep from 1931. Doctors fed him by nourishment, he awoke to say Christmas will be coming back from the dead. He did not recognize his children and calls the four years a blank in his life. Now 40 he appears younger to friends amid fatigue in cottage life. Also mentioned is Patricia Maguire of Oak Park Illinois who slept nearly four years through illness and attack. She wakes to open eyes and responds slowly to commands while her mother prays for real consciousness at Christmas.
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Folkestone
England
Victor Cleave
Cleave
Patricia Maguire
Oakrk
Mélady
Pat
Gazette
Flitthance
Santa Claus
Senator Johnson Sees Better Times Ahead
Washington Dex 20(7)fm his first interview since arriving to the capital. Senator Hiram Seknien California's Republican independent asserted business conditions have improved to the point that a year from now people will wonder if we ever had a depression. Refusing to discuss politics or foreign affairs, he said the coming session would be a short session where we will be keeping house in the main god sill, not attempt anything of grave consequence in the way of new legislation.
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Washington
Hiram Seknien
California
Congress
Filene Criticizes Press Over Roosevelt Coverage
Boston merchant Edward A. Filene charged American newspapers unfairly attacked President Roosevelt while praising a business revival. He claimed press spending on relief was unnecessary if big business had cooperated with the New Deal, noting papers once praised Roosevelt during the 1923 banking crisis now denounce him as the economy recovers.
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Boston
Edward A. Pilene
Roosevelt
Filene
File
Roelt
Big Financial
Winter's Breathing Spell Amid Storm's Aftermath
Chicago reports a brief thaw as winter eases briefly to gather decorations for a formal arrival Sunday. A nationwide cold wave unleashed heavy snow, icy pavements and fatalities from the Dakotas to Florida, with sub zero winds and deep drifts in Maryland. Weather then moderates, though travel remains hazardous and main arteries are passable after plowing and cinders.
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Alleghenies
Rockies
Dakotas
New York
Texas
Florida
Eribes
Howard H. Hewit
Hollidaysburg
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Duluth
Mion
Svas
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U. S
Maryland
Altament
New York City
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Dumbia
Dam
Ghie
Beckley
Milne Kidnapping Probe Narrowed to Hotel Clerk Clue
Federal agents questioned Chester hotel clerk Philip McMahon who said a nervous young man named Caleb J Milne checked in late Tuesday and appeared well The report ties Milne’s disappearance from New York to a four man gang moving him toward Pennsylvania with a hideout later chosen for confinement The case includes accounts of eight needle marks on Milne and a denial that he faced imminent death while in captivity
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Philadelphia
Chester
Caleb J.[milne
Aaa
Philip Meblahon
Isery Laughlin
Buffalo
Milho
New York
Nathatt
Minne Tela
Phillipsburg
Nathan
Milne
Harold
G-men
McMahon
Mussolini Rejects Peace in Africa to Fight On
Italian leader Mussolini spurns any quick peace in Ethiopia and presses the war, while Britain seeks a Mediterranean alliance and sanctions policy. Ethiopian claims a few battlefield gains as Rome insists on terms and continued conflict.
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Africa
Kump Grants Paroles and Commutations in Recent Pardon Sweep
Governor Kump freed four lifers last night and granted parole or commutations to dozens more as part of a wide clemency move. William T. Bradford of Ohio County, jailed since 1930 for first degree murder, received a sentence reduction to 18 years. The report notes multiple parole approvals over recent days and directs readers to page 8 for full details.
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Kump
von Otek
William T. Bradford
Ohio County
Todd Death Probe Begins Tomorrow
Los Angeles December 21 The county grand jury opens Monday to probe Thelma Todds mysterious death The DA says motives of murder jealousy unrequited love or hatred must be considered while police see an accident theory Jury foreman George Fechester suggests monoxide murder as a possibility amid intrigue and wealth involving Miss Todd
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Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
George Johnson
Ued
Johnson
Hhr
Todd
George Fechester
Patt
Wagner Act held unconstitutional by judge in Kansas City
Dec 21 Kansas City report on Judge Otis ruling the Wagner labor relations act unconstitutional. The decision cites Congress overstepping regulatory power and notes lingering New Deal regulation themes. The mill at Aurora Missouri faced injunction for bargaining refusal, with penalties outlined.
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Jast
Sawcress
Ous
Flour Mills
Aurora
Isbor
Congress
Emes
Roose Yelt
Otis
Labor Relations Board
Mill
Labor Board
Supreme Court
AAA
Bankhead Cotton
The
Labor Relations) Board
Tyen
40 and 8 Ready for Fairchance Christmas Celebration
The 40 and 8 group prepares for a Christmas celebration at Camp Fairchance near Madison in Boone county. Major Francis W Turner confirms plans to provide toys, candy, and meals for about 200 underprivileged children, with a staffed tree, ceremonies, and gift packages delivered by Gazette trucks.
Ben Boiarsky Dies at 41 in Charleston Hospital
Ben Boiarsky a prominent Washington area figure and longtime American Legion and 40 and 8 society member died yesterday at 1 45 PM in a Charleston hospital from a heart ailment. A Russian native who moved to Charleston with his parents in 1901 he worked at Palmer Shoe Co for many years and was active in city life. He attended Charleston public schools and earlier sold newspapers and delivered packages. Interment details follow in the notice base.
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Washington
American Legion
Charleston
Russia
Palmer, Shoe Company
West Virginia
Boiarsky
Edluen Dion
Lhe Palmer
Kanawhs Voi
Ture
A.B. Freedman
The
Binal Jacob
Puge
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