WPA Christmas Checks Sent Out
Practically every worker on Works Progress Administration jobs in West Virginia will receive Christmas pay, after an emergency courier system was organized to move checks despite heavy snow and Christmas mail delays. State WPA officials drove checks across the state, using personally owned cars, to ensure timely delivery to paymasters and workers.
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Works Progress Administration
West Virginia
Charleston
Masters
WPA
Witcher McCullough
E. C. Smith, Jr
C. St. George
Leonard W. Mosby
McCullough
United States Treasury Department
Smith
Kleeman
Treasury Office
Wheeling
Panhandle
West Virginia Airways, Inc
Wertz Dield
Senator Thom Schall Battles Critical After Car Crash
Senator Thom D. Schall remains in critical but slightly more favorable condition after an automobile collision two days ago. Capitol physician Dr George W Calver reported signs of possible awakening as family and specialists monitor him in Washington. His wife and sister-in-law, Mrs Hugh E Bierman, stay at his bedside awaiting further changes.
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Washington
Dev
Thomas D. Schall
George W. Calver
Capitol
DuBois High School Plans Benefit Dance for Tour
Seniors of DuBois high school at East Bank announce a dance Thursday evening at Mount Hope Armory with Clarence Page and his Royal Syncos of Cincinnati providing music. Proceeds will fund an educational tour for the high school this summer.
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DuBois High School
East Bank
Mount Hope Armory
Clarence Page
Royal Synco's
Cincinnati
Mystery yellowist with black stripes terrorizes Brisgalong area
Reports describe a five and a half foot long, three foot high mystery animal with a three foot tail. It has clawed tracks and has killed about 20 sheep in 18 months near Brisgalong Australia. Fear spreads as kangaroo and wallaby remains surface and dogs flee in terror. Zoologists doubt any known Australian species matches the description including the Tasmanian wolf.
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Brisgalong
Australia
Four yolks found in egg by Portland man
Harry Henderson discovered an egg containing four yolks while candling it and searches for a world record with a white leghorn hen that laid the four in one freak. The egg, turned in by George Hermanson of Webster's Corners, measured 2.44 inches long and 1.24 inches wide.
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Portland
Ore
Harry Henderson
George Hermanson
Webster’s Corners
Henderson
Giant Shark Forces Galway Fishermen Ashore
In Galway Bay Michael Whelan and his son, both of Galway, were chased to shore by a giant shark after their boat was spotted. The 25 foot long creature stranded on the beach and died on the sand as residents watched. Severe hailstorms in Czechoslovakia strained insurance firms liable for damages.
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Galway Bay
Michael’ Whelan
Michael
Galway
Irish Free State
Whelans
Czechoslovakia
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