Mrs Wrights Sendoff Party and Club Notices
Miss Eunice Wright to move with her parents to Los Angeles late December after a farewell handkerchief shower hosted by the Stitch and Chatter club. Sewing and other clubs host Christmas parties with favors, desserts, and exchange dinners. Community groups plan Dec meetings at churches, schools, and club homes with varied topics and tastings.
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Miss Wright
Eunice Wright
Frank Wright
Los Angeles
California
Stitch and Chatter Club
Benah Stevens
Leoma Zumbro
Marguerite Duckworth
Delphia Williams
Personal News and Hospital Updates in Local Briefs
Mr and Mrs Wayne Robinson of Blueville traveled Tuesday to Parkersburg for the funeral of Mrs Robinsons cousin Mrs John Vaughn. Chester Blue Howard Blue and Richard Dempsey returned from Bruceton Mills where they hunted deer. Captain Joan Muter of Walnut Street who oversees the Tygart dam had a minor operation at City hospital Monday. An emergency appendectomy was performed on Lawrence Curry of Parkview at City hospital. Mrs Grace Shumaker of Route 1 was discharged from City hospital Monday. Clarence Lake of 11 West Knotts Avenue was discharged from City hospital.
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Wayne Robinson
Blueville
Parkersburg
Route 1
City Hospital
Clarence Lake
West Knotts Avenue
Blast injures trio in Charleston dwelling
A two story Charleston home was wrecked by a natural gas explosion injuring three people including 66 year old W H Neighbors. Assistant Fire Chief W W Jarrett said the blast occurred when Neighbors lit a burner in the dwelling.
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Charleston
W. W. Jarrett
W. H. Neighbors
Kiwanians Urged To Be Present This Evening
Grafton Kiwanis club dinner at Cozy Rest Inn features an outstanding speaker with Harold Debendarfer arranging. President E I Headley urges strong attendance for an assured interesting program. Jos eph William Scott, 75, longtime Kanawha river lockman, funeral held today in Nitro.
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Grafton Kiwanis Club
Cozy Rest Inn
Harold Debendarfer
E. I. Headley
Lockman
Joseph William Scott
Kanawha
Noted Writer Anderson Ends His Life in Washington
Paul Y. Anderson a 45 year old Washington correspondent for St. Louis papers died today from an overdose of sleeping tablets. A Pulitzer prize winner and renowned journalist, he was found in a garage sedated by exhaust and tablets after saying he would end it all. Born in Knox County Tennessee he began in 1911 at the Knoxville Journal and rose to lead St. Louis Star Times and Post Dispatch bureaus in Washington.
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Washington
Paul Y. Anderson
St. Louis
Anderson
Sam A. O'Neal
Ollie Fields
O'Neal
Knox County
Tenn
Knoxville Journal
St. Louis Star-Times
St. Louis Post
Romanian Justice Minister Hurt in Car Crash
Bucharest reports Victor Jamandi, famed foe of the Iron Guard, severely injured in a car crash police describe as suspicious. He had campaigned against political terrorism as 17 Iron Guard prisoners died attempting to escape under guard. Corneliu Zelea Cordrea is named among the dead.
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Bucharest
Justce
Victor Jamandi
Iron Guard
Corneliu Zelea Cordreanu
Fuehrer
Tron Guard
Treasury Head Opposes Wild Spending Spree Policy Shift
A Treasury official indicated the department backs a conservative spending path for next year to counter the more expansive view of Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner S. Eccles. The remark underscores tension between fiscal restraint and signals from the central bank on economic policy.
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Treasury Head
Washington
Treasury
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Garner boom underway in Texas rally launches Garner for President
Tex Dec 6. Boyhood friends of John Nance Garner gathered Northeast Texas crowds to launch a Garner for President movement. Thousands are called to form the first Garner for President club near his birthplace site. Resolutions praise thrift self reliance and hard work.
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Detroit
Tex
John Nance Garner
Texas
River County
Garner
Break in murder probe as clues point to soon breakthrough
Pittsburgh, Dec. 6 (P) Police Inspector Dennis Hennessey predicted a break in the brutal killing of 28 year old Mildred Patkush. The body with about 50 stab wounds was found near a north side lover's lane. A vagrant suspect is being held as fingerprint checks begin. Clues include a rusty knife bearing possible blood and burned underclothes found in a nearby sewer.
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Pittsburgh
Mildred Patkush
Dennis Hennessey
Hennessey
Mrs. Patkush
Lazzeri Granted Immediate Release By Chicago Cubs
Tony Lazzeri known as the Cubs mystery man wired owner P. K. Wrigley for his release today and it was granted immediately. He served as pinch hitter and utility infielder through 1938 and had said he might shop for another job. Wrigley gave permission without objection.
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Chicago
Tony Lazzeri
Chicago Cubs
P. K. Wrigley
Lazzeri
Cubs
Wrigley
Another Conservation Program To Be Enacted
Charleston reports that the state will enact another long range conservation program in 1939 after the success of the 1933 launched plan. Commissioner H. W. Shawhan notes substantial realization of aims of the first five year program and outlines new research and game development efforts for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
H. W. Shawhan
Ten Indicted as Plotters In Mexican Neutrality Case
Federal grand jury in Texas indicted Gen Roberto Fierro former head of the Mexican army air corps and six other Mexicans plus two Americans and a Mexican aviation company for conspiring to violate the 1935 neutrality act. Planes were shipped from the United States to Mexico for transshipment to loyalist Spain. Clevenger was sentenced to 18 months for transporting two airplanes.
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Brownsvile
Tex
Roberto Fierro
Mexican Army Air Sorps
Felix Gordon Ordaz
Mexico
Spain
Jose Melendreras-Sierra
United States
General Fiero
Rafael Monroe
Alfredo Lazama Alvarez
Gustavo Leon
Fritz Bieler
California
Cloyd P. Clevenger
New York
Sixto del Rio
Carlos Painil
Jose As
Will contest retried after court ruling
CHARLESTON December 6 The will of wealthy Charles Ebert of Parkersburg will go before a court again for trial. Ebert a former president of the State Automobile association left all property to his second wife. His sons Arthur and Millard contested the will and won a verdict later set aside for new trial. The supreme court upheld that decision.
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Charleston
Charles Ebert
Parkersburg
Calvin Coolidge
Supreme Court
Ebert
State Automobile Association
Arthur
Millard
Wood County
Dividend Ordered for Closed Clarksburg Bank
Banking Commissioner George Ward authorized a five percent dividend totaling 27,211.62 to depositors of the Farmers Bank of Clarksburg. The payout, effective December 17, brings the total recovered since the bank closed December 13, 1929 to 90 percent.
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Charleston
George Ward
Farmers Bank of
Clarksburg
Arnold Case Ruling on Common Law Marriage
Charleston December ruling upholds Monongalia County decision that Wilson Arnold and Icie Radcliffe’s children were not born of a true common law marriage and thus not heirs to a $45,000 estate. The majority, with two dissenters, held no contract established a common law marriage.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Monongalia County
Wilson Arnold
Icie Radcliffe
Arnold
John H. Hatcher
Jo N. Kenna
Lewis County Hills
Hatcher
Icie Radcliff
Wilson
Kenna
Coroner Sees Poison Link in Sprouse Death
Coroner Ben Q. Robinson reported William Sprouse likely died from poison after his body was found in a parked Sand Hill car. A verdict was deferred pending further inquiry. An empty poison bottle was found. Ernest Weekly, seen with Sprouse before the cries, may be questioned. Weekly was jailed for intoxication pending inquiry.
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Parkersburg
Ben Q. Robinson
William Sprouse
Sand Hill
Robinson
Ernest Weekly
Sprouse
C. C. Stewart
F. L. Patton
Strike Fails To Stop Papers In Chicago
Chicago News paper Guild strike against the Herald and Examiner and the American enters its second day. Hearst papers continue to publish with 600 workers walking out, total employees estimated between 2200 and 3300. Guild plans mass picketing in Hearst Square as charges of wage and hour violations mount. AFL backs the strike, calling it a CIO Guild effort against regular unions and the Labor Board. Management denies violations and says it is ready to negotiate once a bargaining unit is designated.
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Chicago
Chicago Newspaper Guild
Herald and Examiner
The
American
Hearst
Hearst Square
H Richard Seller
American Newspaper Guild
AFL
American Federation of Labor
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Charge of Assault Is Withdrawn Frees Davistown Man
A warrant for Dorsey Marple, 25, of Davistown, was withdrawn by the complainant Kurt Kelley. Marple faced assault and battery charges from an incident at the Kelley home involving Richard Lane, 72, of Davistown, as stated by state police in Fleming ton before Justice of the Peace John Marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey Marple
Davistown
Justice of the Peace
John Marks
Flemington
Kurt Kelley
Marple
Richard Lane
Kelley
Doomed Woman Calm Despite Death Sentence
Prison officials report Mrs Hahn remains calm after her conviction for killing Jacob Wagner, a 78 year old gardener, to obtain his fortune. The case, decided on November 6, 1987, has drawn further attention as her fate awaits execution.
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Davey
Hahn
Jacob Wagner
Governor Calls for Higher Tone in State Governance
The governor urged officials to prioritize what is right over short term political moves and said such actions could raise the tone of government in the state and nation. He spoke on property equalization noting the 1983 tax system shift and said equalization is needed now more than ever. Assessors will meet for two days with the tax commissioner to discuss technical aspects as required by statute.
Chi Beta Phi Plans Biennial Meet at Randolph-Macon
Charleston dispatch reports Chi Beta Phi will hold its biennial meeting at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland Virginia on December 9 and 10. National Chairman A C Blackwell of Morris Harvey College announced the event and noted he has led the group since 1924.
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Charleston
Chi Beta Phi
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
A. C. Blackwell
Morris-Harvey College
Blackwell
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Oddford Watkins
Lawrence R. Swisher
Woman's Club
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Beech Street
Mildred Keefer
G. T. Bartlett
Vera Hamilton
C. F. Shafer
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D. C. Peck
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Pearl Street
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Fisher
M. P
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P. H. C. Lodge
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Idai Miller
Lucretia
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McGraw Avenue
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Gordon Withers
Mary Robinson
Missionary Society of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Arvy Wagner
B. and O. Veterans
Clara Fawyer
V. F. W. Hall
John Modi
Elk's Home
Eastern Star Woman's Club
West Side
Red Cross Pharmacy
Walnut Street
Edith Kingdon Gould
SUEZ
DIXIE
Old ‘Friends
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Eres
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Cldren
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Rosina Lawrence
Justice Juvenal Marchisio
Brooklyn, N. Y
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State Supreme Tribunal
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