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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1936

Page

3

Four Are Held To Grand Jury In Municipal Court

More than 200 cases on the docket as Judge Cyrus W. Hail presided. Held to the grand jury were Edward Doran for breaking and entering two stores on Washington street, Paul Maloney for theft of a mobile valued at 600 dollars, William Haas for felonious assault on William Whaley, and Jewel Cavender for stealing an automobile from Dewey Pitman.

Cyrus W. Hailo Edward Doran Washington Street Paul Maloney William Haas William Whaley Jewel Cavender Dewey Pitman C. G. Ault Earl Sharp Ernest Perry Samuel Hager Tennyson Cassie Edna Mynes Ada Holmes Elizabeth Cooper Jessie James Sallie Clayton Bud Payne Virginia McKinney Harry Jones

Treatment Sought to End Man's Self-Inflicted Fast

In Wheeling Dee Briles, 43, owner of a beer parlor, was urged by a physician to be hospitalized to end his weeklong fast after his wife Anna Brits Beies, 40, was killed by robbers in his beer garden. Briles, with a week’s beard, pleaded with Chief Albert Megale to pursue the robbers. District Attorney Dan McKee offered a $1,000 reward for the two suspects.

Wheeling Dee Bbie S. J. Beies Briles Albert Megale Anna Brits Megale Thomas J. Brief Dan McKee

Watch Night Services At Shepherd’s Chapel

Watch night services are set from 7 30 to 12 oclock Thursday night at Shepherds chapel Methodist Episcopal church. The program includes church choir led by J M Smith singing by Sacred Four Happy Four Dunbar Meridian Glendale West Side quartet Sacred Singers duets by Miss Mary Brogan and Miss Martha Derrick Miss Gladys Ware and Miss Margaret Kinder George Spencer and G Derrick solo by Miss Betty Grant Copenhaver talks by Rev D R Bunn Dr George Ginsinger John Copenhaver Marshall Buchkalew Rev J G Fletcher and others. Choirs invited to contact Rev W R Moyer church pastor.

Shepherd's Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church J. M. Smith Sacred Four Happy Four Dunbar Meridian Glendale West Side Quartet Sacred Singers Mary Brogan Martha Derrick Gladys Ware Margaret Kinder George Spencer G. Derrick Betty Grant Copenhaver D. R. Bunn George Ginsinger John Copenhaver Marshall Buchkalew J. G. Fletcher W. R. Moyer Church Pase Tor

Synthetic Fuel Is Germanys Path To Oil Independence

Berlin dispatch details Hitler’s four year plan to make Germany oil independent, aiming to produce sufficient fuel within 18 months for military and essential transport, while private consumption would be reduced. Foreign observers doubt feasibility, interpreting it as wartime production for the army and air force rather than civilian use.

Hitler Bier Brisbane New York William Shirer Universal Service Berlin Germany Ana Hiller Oklahoma Texas

Germany's oil future and synthetic fuels push

The piece outlines Germany's oil self sufficiency goals, noting limited wells and rising synthetic fuel from Leuna and Brabag plants using lignite. It discusses benzol and alcohol from potatoes, current car fuel preferences, and revolutionary engine ideas while hinting at broader Nazi industrial strategy.

State Police Training School to Open Jan 4

State Police Training School will open on January 4 with four two week sessions. About 50 students per session will attend. classes run from 6 30 a m to 10 30 p m. Curriculum includes first aid investigations motor vehicle crashes jiu jitsu criminal investigation traffic law firearms care and use and highway patrol.

Jyckson Mit HN. Rexroad

Grids Placed on Span Grids for Central South Side Bridge

Concrete forms under construction on span F above the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks. Grid for span No 2 between central span and south bank being unloaded. Grid on span No 1 from north bank nearly finished. concreting expected to start late next week.

South Side Chesapeake and Ohio

Glass to Keep Chair of Appropriations, Declines Banking

Senetor Carter Glass of Virginia announces he will retain chairmanship of the senate appropriations committee and will not seek the chair of the senate banking and currency committee, despite seniority and expectation that Robert T. Wagner may take the banking post. The report notes Wagner as the next ranking Democratic member and recalls longtime associates and prominent figures connected to the Hearst network and New York leadership. The narrative also recounts a funeral service tone with religious and ceremonial details surrounding the editor’s legacy.

Lynchburg Carter Glass Senate Appropriations Committee Senate Banking and Currency Committee Glass Robert T. Wagner New York Wagner Virginia

Hearst Leads Pallbearers at Brisbane Memorial Service

In a St Bartholomew's Church ceremony the pallbearers begin their two by two procession for Arthur Brisbane. William Randolph Hearst leads as friends and colleagues attend, with the organ playing Nearer My God To Thee and Dr. G P T Sargent in view at the head of the cathedral.

Bernard Gimbel Lehman Arthur Brisbane St. Bartholomew's G. P. T. Sargent William Randolph Hearst

Life’s end marked with Brisbane estate cortege in Allaire

A simple funeral cortege gathered in Allaire New Jersey to escort a life to his Brisbane country home. Prayers were offered in the presence of the immediate family and burial followed on the Brisbane estate plot at Allaire.

Brisbane Allaire New Jersey Allsire

Equity Decree Entered In Receivership Case

A final decree in the equity receivership proceedings of Rufus C. Hopkins and the Bank of Athens against the Eureka Coal company was entered yesterday in district federal court. The order stated that the duties of the special master and the receivers had been satisfactorily carried out.

Rufus C. Hopkins Bank of Athens Eureka Coal Company

Pilots Meet Tonight For West Virginia Sportsmen Plan

The West Virginia Sportsmen Pilots association will convene at 8 o clock tonight at the American Legion Wall to discuss plans for a ground school course.

West Virginia Sportsmen Pilots’ Association American Legion

Opening of Bids Delayed for Sanitarium Equipment

Delayed bid opening for the Haperment sanitarium refrigeration equipment will take place on January 5 after an order to extend the bidding period. The delay aims to ensure a fuller, more competitive submission from vendors.

Brother of Delegate Dies in Auto Wreck

Charles Strauss, brother of Delegate Junius Strauss of Morgantown, was killed in an automobile accident in Ohio on Christmas Eve. Delegate Strauss yesterday informed Col. P. D. Shingleton, superintendent of state police, of the accident. To preserve the charm of their streets, towns and villages in England are imposing building restrictions.

Charles Strauss Junius Strauss Morgantown Ohio Strauss Col P. D. Shingleton England

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