West Virginia Incomes Reported For 1934
The Bureau of Internal Revenue details West Virginians’ incomes for 1934 with total net incomes at $87,030,297 from 30,297 returns. Average income $2,904.32 taxed $55.28. only two earn between 100k and 150k, 19 between 50k and 100k, and 388 between 14k and 50k. Major sources include salaries, business and partnership profits, net capital gains, rents, royalties, and domestic stock dividends.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
West
Tokyo Seeks Clues on Chiang Rivalry and Red Threat
Tokyo reports and Chinese observers discuss Chiang Kai Shek’s fate amid alleged Communist and Kremlin insinuations. Japanese dispatches claim anti Communist accord with Germany and accuse the Internationale of provoking upheaval. Domestically, Nanking seeks to influence Chang without releasing the premier.
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Tokyo
Kai Shek
Internationale
Simnfu
Sheiji
Chiang Kai Shek
Germany
Japan
Communist Internationale O
Gerelaissimo Chiang
Moscow
Chang
Manchuria
China
Panese Provocateurs
Domei
Maria Chang
Nanking
Chang O
Genissimo
Nankings
Chinese
Popular Front
National Front
Glands Revived By New Discovery For Men Only
An advert promises immediate sexual power for men once impotent, claiming revived glands will restore vigor. It urges men over 40 to feel young again, touting guaranteed results and a dramatic age reversal claim.
War Intervenes as Chinese factions clash near Sianfu
Readied divisions of the central army threaten mutineers in Sianfu capital of Shensi as Ho Ying-chin signals a bid to move forces from south Shensi and west Kansu. Imperial intrigues intensify with Czang fortifying Tanswan after kidnapping the generalissimo amid a coup.
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Spain
Sian-Fu
Shensi
Ho Ying- Chin
Kansu
Tungkwan
Hwang Ho
Shanci
Honan
Czang
Tanswan
Court orders dismissal for lack of jurisdiction in broadcast case
Justice Roberts notes the bill of complaint should be dismissed by the western Washington district court as the amount in controversy lacked federal jurisdiction. The ninth circuit injunction blocking broadcast was reversed and the case remanded with directions to dismiss for want of jurisdiction. Associated Press and Herald parties connected to the dispute.
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Supreme Court
Circuit Court
District Court
Justice Roberts
Federal District Court For
Western Washington
Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Associated Press
2 Herald
Gencer
Cospe Association
Hold Couple in Death of Girl at Suburban Home
Police arrested E. L. Smoak of Wilmington and housekeeper Genette Harker after an ecologist found traces of poison in the viscera of Annie Telma Smoak who died December 1 eight days after returning from a visit with a step-aunt. Records show 60 grains of poison purchased November 18 and a parity bottle found in a locker. The case involves Smoak’s relationships with his wives and a pattern dating to the 1922 death of his first wife Georgia Jones.
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E. L. Smoak
South Carolina
Genette Harker
Annie Telma Smoak
Smoak
O. W. Jackon
Wilmington
Burney
Hayker
Alice Mason
Cause of Disastrous Fire Sought by Probers
Investigators dug through the ashes of the Koppers Coal Company club house at State today to determine the cause of a blaze that destroyed the building. Employees said the fire was hard to fight due to inadequate facilities and equipment.
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Beckley
Koppers Coal Company Clut House
Fremen
Fire destroys basement blaze with tragic deaths
Four people died when hot ashes in a cardboard container ignited a basement fire. Assistant Fire Chief Frank Vernotzy said the blaze breached floor and wall as flames spread upward. Children and Mrs Thomas perished in the bathroom. Thomas reportedly broke a door glass and leaped to the roof.
Body Found In Potato Sack What Appears to Be A Crime
The body was discovered near a potato sack labeled Prince Edward Potato Bar Company Canada. Georgi Scott age 19 and Hershel Reeves age 21, both of Woodbine, found the scene. Authorities have no missing woman on record in the area, suggesting the body arrived from elsewhere.
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Vmmuucn Iui
Prince Edward Potato Bar Company
Canada
Georgi Scott
Hershel Reeves
Woodbine
Old Man Slays Young Stepson in Cabin Altercation
Seventy two year old Estill Jones faces possible murder charges after confessing at Bluefield police that he shot Ralph Collins through a wall in his Stony Ridge cabin to stop disturbances. Harsel White, visiting Collins, says the youth stepped in during a quarrel with Jones' mother. Prosecutor Roscoe Pendleton notes Jones previously served 12 years for second degree murder in his first wife’s death.
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Princeton
W. Ve
Estill Jones
Ins
Ralph Collins
Roscoe Pendleton
Bluefield
R. O. Bond
Pendleton
Jones
Stony Ridge
Collins
Harsel White
State Penitentiary
Burke to Speak on Social Security at Chamber Meeting
Dr Stephen P Burke chairman of the late advisory board of the department of public assistance will speak on Social Security at the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting on December 18.
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Stephen P. Burke
Department of Public Assistance
Wilh Park
Chamber of Commerce
Church Head Attends Official Headquarters Incident
Court officials report the head of a church and his queen at their home on 145 Pievadil ly amid an illness. The queen's condition is described as not serious, though there was an advisory note about her health during the incident.
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Pievadilly
Avienza
Death of Juan de la Cierva Relates to Royal Dutch Crash
The death of Spanish inventor Juan de la Cierva, creator of the autogyro, is noted among 15 people killed when a Royal Dutch airliner crashed after takeoff from Croydon England. The disaster ranks as one of Britain's worst air tragedies.
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Juan de la Cierva
Croydon
England
Central Press
Archbishop Reflects On Exiled King In Moving Broadcast
An archbishop, head of the state church, spoke in a Sunday broadcast about the exiled king. He described the unfolding days as swift and tragic, praising the central figure and committing him to the care of God as the sequence of events climaxed.
Break In Glass Tank Shuts Down Big Plant
ARNOLD Pa December 14 A flood of molten glass forced suspension of operations at the American Window Glass company plant after a two foot break in a tank releasing about 1000 tons of molten glass. The incident followed an earlier report of royal scandal involving Edward and the reaction of religious and political figures.
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Arnold, Pa
American Window Glass Company
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