City Mops Brow As Winter Comes
Winter arrives in the Northern Hemisphere with warm highs in Kanawha Valley while a cold front is forecast for West Virginia bringing rain and wind. Huntington set a 71 degree record for the day, Martinsburg reached 57, Morgantown 66, Parkersburg 66, and Wheeling 63 as the season begins.
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Kanawha
Valley
Tide Area
U. S. Weather Bureau
Huntington
West Virginia
Martinsburg
Panhandle Mountains
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Little Boy Frees Home After Saying I Shot My Mommy
In Pittsburgh a 3 year old boy admitted to shooting his mother in the home near Carnegie. Coroner William D. McClelland released him to go home after a ten minute interview and gave him a dollar to buy ice cream while noting the incident was an accident. The boy spoke only to his aunt and coroner during the proceedings.
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Pittsburgh
William D. McClelland
Helen Langston
Joey
Santa Claus
Frances 'Wearns
Treasury notes Christmas wrapping ruling keeps dollar sheets banned
The Treasury Department says the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will not sell uncut sheets of currency for Christmas wrapping. Inquiries about selling fresh money were denied. The department allows exchanges of new bills for old ones for Christmas stockings only.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury
Department
Tragic Family Shooting Leaves Woman Dead in Carnegie
Mrs. Lanaston died after a 22 caliber pistol shot. Her husband William 42 works for the railroad. Older sons William and John ages 18 and unknown were involved. younger Joe used the gun claiming to be unaware of the crime. Detectives questioned him as funeral plans were set at All Souls Catholic Church.
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Little Joe
Joey
John
McClelland
Joe
Lanaston
All Soul
Carnegie
William
Rape Suspect Given 70 to 99 Year Sentence
In Carlsbad New Mexico a 7 year old Homer Kelley pleaded guilty to raping three teenage girls at a Tatum slumber party. He received a 70 to 99 year term. Sheriff Owen said the swift justice should deter future attackers. Kelley, oil field worker with prior sex probation, was living in Hobbs.
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Carlsbad
N. MI
Horace Owen
Southwest
Homer Kelley
Hobbs
Tatum
Kelley
Seminole
Oklo
Wichita
Kas
Several Jobs Offered Duchess of Windsor
In Cherbourg France on December 21 the Duke said the Duchess of Windsor has received several offers of jobs. He denied she would take a position at a fashion house, stating nothing is settled yet and they may live in Europe. He is drafting three memoire articles for the United States. They plan four months in the United States before returning to France in May if a Paris area house is found.
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Cherbourg
France
Duchess of Windsor
Elizabeth
United States
Europe
U. S
Paris
French Riviera
Upper Pinch School PTA to meet at 7 30 tonight
The Upper Pinch School PTA will hold a meeting at 7 30 this evening at the school. A Christmas program will be performed by South Park School children at 2 00 today.
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U. A
South Park School
PTA
Veterans Complete On-Farm Training at Duval High
Fifteen veterans graduated from an on the farm training program at Duval High School Lincoln County. The event marked the county’s first in farm training and the third in the state. Prosthetic instructors and local educators oversaw the 290 hours of mass instruction and 100 hours of individual work.
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Duval High School
Lincoln County
H. E. Edwards
Edwards
Ripley
Pt. Pleasant
Duval
IDF
Abe Adkins
Raymond Chardor
Willard Damron
James J. Dingess
Rex Egnor
Dimple Hager
Char Honaker
Leck Huffman
Wi. Larmer
Clyde Lavejoy
Lenzie McCallister
Dennis Parsons
Odett Scragg
Hershel Sowards
Arnold Stone
James Harper
L. F. Hutton
Earl Davis
Willard Hauldren
Arvin Messinger
Denver Spears
P. J. Williamson
State PA Outlay Tops $1 Million in November
Public Assistance Department reports West Virginia expenditures climbed five percent in November to 1 948 692 41. October outlay was 1 856 789 8 97. State funds covered aid and services with relief in kind up 51.7 percent to 28 004 28. Notes include increases in general assistance, hospital care, old age aid, aids to the blind, dependent children, and child welfare. Burial payments fell 13.4 percent to 6 700 04.
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West Virginia
Public Assistance Department
United Mine Workers
UMW
Public assistance rolls rise during month in aid to children
The number of cases on public assistance rolls increased from 44,326 to 46,873 during the month, with December last year at 38,828. The text notes medical aid and boarding care for children as part of the aid categories.
Game Officials discuss Russian Wild Boars expansion
A Conservation Commission official said the Russian wild boar, already present in hunting numbers in North Carolina and Tennessee, would likely thrive in West Virginia. Traymond J. Lambert of Wayne County, a commission member, commented in an article prepared for publication.
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Conservation Commission
North Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
Traymond J. Lambert
Wayne County
Whales and Big Game Talk in State Agency Magazine
The January issue notes sportsmen who hunted the species agree with him and cite Randolph Webster Parahontas and Pendleton counties as spots where the animals would feel at home. It also mentions the whale shark as the largest living fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
Webster
Parahontas
Pendleton
Joe Louis Affection Theft Suit Headed for Settlement
A $500000 alienation of affections case against boxing great Joe Louis was continued in Chicago as Judge Wilber Crowley heard it likely to settle out of court. The plaintiff Rev Matthew C Faulkner of Atlanta claims Louis stole his wife Mattie 26 a former New York model. Faulkner's attorney said settlement appeared likely and the couple have two children.
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Chicago
Joe Louis
Wilber Crowley
Lewis
Matthew CC
Faulkner
Atlanta
Louis
Mattie
New York
Sol R. Friedman
Crowley
Faulkner's
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Fait
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Beckley
Welch
Bluefield
Lawrence
Dale Carnegie
John Ruskin Hall
Venable Ave
W. Va
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Cleveland
Coca-Cola Company
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Charesson
WM. Ve
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OLD
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