Families marooned on East River coal barges after Christmas
About 60 people aboard 36 coal barges were stranded in the East River after a missing gangway left them unable to reach shore. Captains Walter Murphy and Cr Sherman, with aid from marine patrolmen, secured water and food as crews faced days without drinkable water and nourishment.
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New York
East River
Walter Murphy
Cadet Blue
New East River
Universal Service
May Fox
Marjorie DB
Sudo
Cr. A. Sherman
Mary
Marine Tivision
Sherman
West Virginia Briefs Highlight Local Crime and News
Clarksburg elected R. Thomason as Democratic chair replacing Judge Freet Homer Strosnider who resigned. Campbell, 44, train desorcher, died after four years of service. Parkersburg police seek five salesmen believed missing. box of shoes found. Huntington doctors treated Roy Fannin with 50 stitches after a car crash. nose nearly severed. Haymaker and wife marked golden wedding anniversary. Grafton man Marty Fromhart asked a boy to watch his car. the key and ear gone. Princeton boy Edward Blankenship, 12, slipped under a Virginian railway train. leg severed. Bluefield deputy sheriffs nabbed Lester Barton in Jacksonville, Fla., for fraud involving $150 from First National Bank. Minton freight train killed William Searberry, 82, in Virgin...
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Parkersburg
Roy Fannin
Clarksburg
Frank B. Haymaker
Haymaker
Grafton
Marty Fromhart
Newbure
Princeton
Edward Blankenship
Blouefield
Jacksonville
Mila
Lester M. Barton
First
Natonal Bank
Company Dismissed As Defendant In Suit
Circuit Judge Arthur P. Hudson yesterday dismissed the complaint against Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as co defendant with Q Lamb in a suit by D W Henson of South Charleston seeking 5038 65 with interest from assets at Lamb as receiver of Security Bank and Trust Company or requiring the insurance company to release a deed of trust The judge took the case under advisement as to the receiver
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Arthur P. Hudson
Metropolitan Life Insure Ante Company
Q. Lamb
D. W. Henson
South Charleston
Henson
Lamb
Security Bank and Trust Company
Bank
Insurance Company
Hudson
Play to Be Presented at Calvary Baptist Church
A play titled V's Vision will be presented at 7 30 this evening by the Women's Missionary Society at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev C H Harrington D C will lead devotionals.
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Women’s Missionary Society of Calvary Baptist Church
C. H. Harrington
D. C
William Keffer Held On Moonshine Charge
William Keffer of Eagle was held to the federal grand jury yesterday on a charge of operating a moonshine still. He was arrested by deputy marshal John Hoffman on a warrant issued by investigators of the federal alcohol tax unit. Investigators said they confiscated three 60-gallon stills in an abandoned coal mine on Keffer s property last week and seized 400 gallons of mash.
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William Keffer
Eagle
Federal
U.S
A. V. Firewater
Keffer
John Hoffman
Aleohal Tax Unit
Big Taxes Advocated To Balance Budget
Kimean E. Leland, a University of Chicago economist, urged rapid retirement of the federal debt by imposing the largest possible taxes that still permit business expansion. He proposed a presidential committee to craft a proper debt policy and mobilize taxpayer will to fund retirement.
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cmedGo
Kimean E. Leland
University of Chicago
American — Economic Association
Leland
Two $10,000 Damages Suits Filed in Common Pleas
Two damage suits seeking $10,000 each were filed in common pleas court. Mrs. Milissa K. Brabban of South Charleston seeks payment from the city of Charleston for injuries she says occurred June 20 when she fell on Capitol Street due to a defective pavement. Mrs. Annie Christian of South Charleston sues G. H. Woolsey for injuries from an automobile wreck on November 4.
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Common Pleas Court
Milissa K. Brabban
South Charleston
City of Charleston
Capitol Street
Annie Christian
G. H. Woolsey
Building permit issued for Grand View residence
City Building Inspector George B. Herdricks issued a permit yesterday to Thomas G. Raisbeck for a dwelling on Grand View Drive costing 6925 dollars.
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George B. Herdricks
Thomas G. Raisbeck
Grandview Drive
Will Entertain Class At South Charleston Church
Mrs. W. J. Francis will host an entertainment for the Win One class of the South Charleston Darlington M. E. church in South Charleston tonight at her Sixth avenue home. Lieutenant George Detra of the French army reported a new world altitude record for planes of 14488 meters on August 14.
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W. J. Francis
South Charleston
Darlington M. E. Church
South
Sixth Avenue
George Detra
Doctors Use Creomulsion For Dangerous Coughs
Thousands of doctors use Creomulsion for colds and coughs in families and practice. It relieves coughs and colds quickly, is harmless and pleasant to take. Contains Beechwood Creosote and helps clear irritated membranes while expelling germs. Your druggist guarantees Creomulsion with money back if not relieved after taking.
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N. Y. Shore
West Virginia
Associated Press
Democratic Committee
Grayton
Charles P. Campbell
Ted
Maess
Minton
Wiliam &. Searberry
Wirgins
Monna
Wee
Fleatiwood Floto
DuPont
Dette
Rlf Hale
Alf Hale
Linus Rahberg
Joliet
Victoria Hossbach
Lorraine
Hossbach
Rahberg
William Keffer Ie
Closepur
Suede Shoes
Shoe Salon
People's Store, Inc
the Coat Shop
Margaret Dunnigan
People's Store
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