General sales tax advocates gain strength in Congress
Washington Dec 21 general sales tax support grows within the house ways and means committee as a less painful wartime funding option. Hearings begin Jan 15 with Doughton signaling open consideration while some lawmakers urge caution and insist on addressing tax inequities before any levy.
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Washington
Timent
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Doughton
DNC
Tease
Senate
Santa Arrives Early for 135 Tots Christmas Party
Santa Claus visited Camp Fairchance in Boone County for the ninth annual Christmas party hosted by Forty-and-Eight, American Legion, and The Gazette. 135 children received gift packages, enjoyed decorations by the kids, and stayed up late. Donations fund treats for Crippled and underprivileged children in Marmet Orthopedic and Charleston hospitals, with plans to pledge more through Homer Holley and The Gazette.
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Santa Claus
Camp Fairchance
State Center For the
Boone County
American Legion
the Gazette
Reveille
Friends of Camp Fairchance
Friends of
Charles Marsh
Marmet Orthopedic Hospital
Charleston
Mike Levinson
Capitol Street
Homer K. Holley
Quarrier Street
Gazette
Hale Street
Charles Campbell
Blanche A. Corris
Virginia Fleming
Esther 5. McFarran
Honolulu Air Raid Alarm Sparks 30 Minute Coastwide Fear
Honolulu officials ordered firemen to posts as a 1:45 p.m. air raid alert spread through the city and surrounding area. Aircraft were scrambled and traffic halted while officials assessed an unidentified threat. The all clear came at 2:15 p.m. as investigators weighed whether Japanese bombers had crossed Oahu since the Pearl Harbor strike two weeks earlier.
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INS
Hawaiian
Pearl Harbor
Oahu
Road Accidents Injure 12 Here
Twelve people were injured in weekend traffic crashes in the Charleston area with Pearl Rowsey among the gravely hurt. Rowsey, 30, of Nitro, suffered a fractured skull and a compound left leg fracture after a discussion with two men about a minor collision in Nitro. James Harold Bateman and Cecil Boyce, both of Nitro, were hospitalized at Mountain State with serious injuries. Cooke ambulances transported all three. In a separate incident, five were hurt at Lee and Clendenin streets when a car driven by Charles E. King collided with Morris Leftwich’s vehicle. Leftwich faced a reckless driving charge. Minnie Stewart and Ruby Arrington suffered fractures, while King and Allie King had cuts and bruises. Morrison, in the other car, was discharged after treatment.
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Charleston
Pearl Rowsey
Nitro
Staats Hospital
Rowsey
James Harold Bateman
Cecil
Boyce
Mountain State Hospital
Cooke Ambulances
Charles E. King
Pennsylvania
Avenue
Morris Leftwich
Reed
Lee and
Clendenin
Leftwich
Minnie Stewart
Anaconda Avenue
Ruby Arrington
Pulaski
C. E. King
Allie King
A. F. Morrison
Clay Avenue
Morrison
Charleston General Hospital
Two Die at Flat Top and Minor Injuries in Two Car Collisions
Two youths died and four were injured when a car collided with a truck-trailer on U S Route 19 21 near Flat Top. Victims were Robert Lilly 18 and Mack Moye 27 both of Big Top, with uninjured survivors Clyde Lilly 25 Ray Green 18 and Virgil Snead. In a separate wreck near Clendenin four Clay County residents sustained minor injuries: Elizabeth Ramsey 23 Menard Smith 20 Gladys Smith 18 and Seth Ramsey 21.
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Clendenin
Clay County
Elizabeth Ramsey
Clay
Menard Smith
Finn
Gladys Smith
Seth Ramsey
Beckley
U. S
Flat Top
A. E. Martin
Robert Lilly
Mack Moye
Martin
Clyde Lilly
Ray Green
Virgil Snead
Man Who Amputated His Own Arm Dies
NORTH PLATTE Neb Dec 21 P-Duane Arnold 25 who amputated his own arm above the wrist with a 35 cent pocket knife after his hand was enmeshed in corn er machinery died at a hospital here today. While working alone and unable to free his hand Arnold deliberately broke a wrist bone to perform the amputation. He then drained water from his tractor radiator to prevent freezing damage and drove eight miles to reach a car and go to a 25 all of Flat Top and Green Thompson 23 of Dunes. Martin said Snead driver of the car was arrested after treatment for injuries and taken to Princeton jail pending a manslaughter hearing. Green was released from Beckley hospital while the others were kept for observation.
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Neb
Duane Arnold
Arnold
Green Thompson
Martin
Snead
Princeton
Green
Beckley Hospital
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