Three Killed in Border Patrol Gunfight on Rio Grande
El Paso Texas December reports three U S border patrolmen killed and two smugglers dead after a gunfight with liquor smugglers at Park Street near the Rio Grande. One patrolman was badly shot, a wounded man was hospitalized in Juarez, and more smugglers may have died. 150 gallons of liquor were seized as authorities search for bodies across the border.
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el Paso
Texas
United States Border Patrolen
Park Street
Dorne C. Melton
U. S. Border
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez Higgpo Perez
Juarez
Francisco Mosquera
Liberty Hospital
Rio
Treasury Seeks Billion Dollar Loan To Finance Debt
Washington December 7 The U S Treasury seeks a billion dollar loan at two and a quarter percent to cover maturing obligations and finance the works program. It plans to issue 273 00 bearing 4 percent and 254 264 500 at three quarters of one percent. The move aims to save over 6 million in interest next year and raise 950 million in new certificates. December 15 payments and debt due will push working capital to 1 032 million with taxes over 100 million expected in six months. Continued on Page Six.
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Treasury
Ublic
Salvation Army Center Opens for Toy Drive in Graf ton
Center 70 will receive gifts for poor children next Monday at 35 West Main Street the former Grafton Paint and Glass Store. Mrs. W H Arnold urges liberal response as fire chief Roy Warne and his crew repair toys and women sew outfits for dolls. Kettles appear on street Saturday and again on payday until December 16 before Christmas.
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Grafton
Savation Army
Opera
W. H. Arnold
Santa Claus
Roy Warne
Arnold
Salvation Army
Saint Nicholas
First National Bank
Heflin
Roosevelt denounces lynching as vile murder
President Roosevelt denounces lynching as a vile form of collective murder in a speech to the Federal Council of Churches. He rebukes officials who condone mob action, cites recent California San Jose deaths, and praises a new generation ready to demand lawful protection for prisoners. Further discussion noted on page six.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James Rolph
California
San Jose
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Missouri
Maryland
Lenient stance on prohibition violators voiced by AG Cummings
Attorney General Cummings said the justice department would be extremely lenient toward habitual criminals among prohibition violators but would vigorously prosecute those of habitual criminal type. He noted 2,219 federal offenders in jail out of 16,557 inmates, with a smaller prison population than a year earlier due to more liberal treatment as repeal nears.
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Washington
Cummings
Justice Department
Waxey Gordons Son Killed By Train At Chester Crossing
Irving Wexler known as Waxey Gordon informed today that his 19-year-old son Theodore Wexler was killed when his automobile was struck and crushed by a train near Chester Pennsylvania at dawn. Waxey Gordon is serving ten years for federal income tax violations.
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New York
Irving Wexler
Waxey Gordon
Theodore Wexler
Chester
Steel and Food Firms Signal Revival in Pittsburgh District
Pittsburgh December 7 Industry recovery gains pace as steel orders rise with rails fastenings bolts and nuts demand. H C Frick Coke reports stronger fuel demand for U S Steel mills while Heinz confirms plants hiring 61 percent more workers year over year. Carnegie Steel plans 2000 workers for 40000 tons of rails for Pennsylvania Railroad at Edgar Thomson. Oliver Iron and Steel to begin 3000 tons of nuts bolts washers for Port of New York authority a $250000 job.
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Pittsburgh
H. C. Frick Coke Company
U.S. Steel Corporation
H. J. Heinz Company
Howard Heinz
Carnegie Steel Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edgar Thomson
Oliver Iron and Steel Company
Port of New York Authority
Benefits Paid by Insurance Break Record
New York December 7 The 27th annual convention of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents heard that payments by American life insurers will set a new record this year totaling about 3.1 billion dollars in death claims endowments annuities surrender values and disability benefits. Of the 1933 total about 2.175 billion goes to living policyholders and 0.925 billion to widows orphans and other beneficiaries.
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New York
Fred A Howland
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Howland
National Life Insurance Company
Montpelier
Country Settles To New Routine Under Repeal
Washington reports a cautious shift as Americans adjust to repeal with federal officials tackling liquor distribution to offer reasonable prices. The first full repeal day showed few incidents beyond pre prohibition turmoil, as citizens wondered when drinks would be available at fair prices. Officials and distillers cite distribution gaps rather than scarcity for rising costs, and the Alcohol Administration expects a short period of transition. Continued on Page Four.
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Washington
Federal Alcohol Administration
William Hatfield Slashes Self in Kingwood Jail Attempt
Kingwood December 7. William Hatfield, 65, awaiting trial for axe murder of Martin Cassidy last September, attempted suicide in his jail cell. Authorities found him with a slit throat and a blade nearby. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition. attorney said he appeared mentally disturbed during a recent visit. An examination was planned for today.
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William Hatfield
Kingwood
Witlin Hatfield
Martin Cassidy
Zor Blade
Hatfield
Bing
Chicagoan Stripped by Highwaymen in Morning Robbery
Sanford Lieber reached home on the run in only shorts after three bandits stopped him on the road. They took his watch $6 and other items while taunting him as his teeth chattered in the cold dawn.
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Chicago
Sanford Lieber
Prices To Be Within Reach Slim Purses
Washington officials say liquor prices should drop for whiskey and other newly legalized potables to help slim-pocketed buyers. The administration plans to boost liquor imports to increase supply and may use authority over distillers, wholesalers, importers, rectifiers and blenders if consumer charges do not fall after the current transition period.
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Washington
Local woman Catherine Lyman died in Millerville
Catherine Shroyer Lyman 73, wife of W N Lyman, died at Millerville residence of her brothers after a week’s illness. She was born 1860 in Knottsville, married 1892, longtime West Main Street resident, and a West Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church member. Survived by husband, two brothers, one sister, and a funeral service set for Knottsville church. Interment in Knottsville Cemetery. Bartlett Funeral Company in charge.
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Catherine Shroyer Lyman
West Main Street
John J
Ulysses G. Shroyer
Millerville
Andrew F. Shroyer
Mariah
Shroyer
Knottsville
W. N. Lyman
Mr. Lyman
A. B. Shroyer
Beech Street
John J. Shrover
Ulysses G. Shrover
Bertie Losh
Monessen
Knottsville Methodist Episcopal Church
W. H. Flanagan
M. E. Ed
Frank A. Sampson
Bartlett
Lyman
Three Homestead Jobs Approved in Preston County
Charleston reports CWA projects approved for Mrs Roosevelt's subsistence center at Arthurdale and furnishings for 125 homes, plus plans for a miner settlement with school and water line upgrades in Preston County. The programs employ 146 people, many women to manufacture blankets and bed clothing. Other projects aim to reach 8,000 more jobs to meet the 71,000 target. a Morgantown meeting of the CWA women's division is planned for next Monday.
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Charleston
CWA
Women’s Division
Morgantown
Tax collection bill moves to passage in Charleston
Economies in government are next on the list as debate over a tax collection bill continues. A joint committee smoothed the measure, aiming to relieve up to 25 million dollars in property taxes and allocate funds to governing bodies under levy limits while a speedy court test is planned on the state's debt assumption by sub-divisions.
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Charleston
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Ladders
Children of minister face threats in Oakland
In Oakland on December 7 authorities protected Rev. Leslie C. Kelley and his family after anonymous calls threatened his children. Kelley recently resigned from the California athletic commission and cited Gov. James Rolph Jr.'s support of the San Jose lynching case as motive for the threats.
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Oakland
Calif
Leslie C. Kelley
California Athletic Commission
Kelley
James Rolph, Jr
San Jose
Brooke L. Hart
Rolph
Health Engineers To Plan At Philippi Meeting
District engineers from the U S Department of Public Health will meet in Philippi Friday at 2 p m in the welfare office. H B Jiggs Martin of Charleston will preside. They will discuss duties under the state wide sanitation program now under way.
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Philippi
United States Department of Public Health
West Virginia
H. B. “Jiggs” Martin
Charleston
State Public Health Service
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