Repeal Plan Outlined By Wet Group In West Virginia
Charleston December 17 The United Repeal Council liquor control committee backed state liquor stores and liquor sales by the drink in hotels and trains. Led by J Lewis Bumgardner Beckley the group urged a Virginia style system with local option. They warned private dealers could foster liquor rings and undermine repeal while noting hotel dining rooms are not public places.
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Charleston
United Repeal Council
West Virginia
J. Lewis Bumgardner
Beckley
Virginia
Bumgardner Committee
Bumgardner
T. Brooke Price
John H. Meek
Huntington
Frank C
Fairmont
Carl
C. Schmidt
Wheeling
E. W. Knight
H. G. Kump
Delaware
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Creomulsion Ad Promotes Quick Child Cough Relief
An advertisement urges prudent mothers to use Creomulsion for any child cough or cold claiming fast relief. It touts creosote with six other medicinal elements and notes the remedy contains no narcotics with money-back safety at the druggist.
Pardon controversy tied to Nesbitt case stirs Ohio town
Reports claim Governor White may grant Nesbitt a Christmas pardon for the Troy bathtub slaying. Judge Jones and prosecutor Harvey oppose release. Nesbitt, a model prisoner, has served as chaffeur and aides note him as devoted, while others caution against leniency amid protests back home.
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Jacob ©. Nesbitt
Ohio
Troy
George White
Nesbitt
W. D. Jones
L. E. Harvey
John McSweeney
Police Chief Ransomed After 15 Hour Kansas Abduction
Police Chief Art Calkins of Herington Kansas was abducted by four armed men and held for 15 hours, traveling across Kansas and into Oklahoma before being released unharmed at Kile Dare Oklahoma. The incident followed two Belleville escapees and a reign of terror.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Art Calkins
Herington
Kas
Kiledare
Okla
Belleville
Radio Schedule Shows Dense Evening Lineup of Programs
The page lists a packed radio lineup with times from 6:30 P.M. to after midnight. Stations include NBC CBS WLW WGN KDKA and others airing comedies dramas concerts orchestras and variety shows. Notable items include Amos n Andy plantations Echoes Lone Ranger and Christmas carols with multiple repeats and shifting schedules.
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KDEKA
Hollywood
WGN
WLW
Bob Newhall
NBC
Lowell Thomas
CBS
Woody
Willie
Billy Batchelor
Amos 'N' Andy
Myrt
Marge
Ray Perkins
Lum
Abner
Armand Girard
Bass
the O'Neill's
Red Davis
Buck Rogers
Boake Carter
Jan Garber
Richard Himber
Orchestra
Carson Robison
Lone Ranger
Josef Pasternack
Gercarta
KDKA
Elbdea
Hank
Keene
Gang
al Goodman
Earl Bartnett
Amelia
Wayne King
Squire Hawkins
Finn
Paulist
National
Lee
Hmery Deutzsch
Glen Gray
Amos
Andy
Jessé Crawford
Edka—Dance
Louis Symphony
Brian Stanley
Edka—Doe
Dox Pedro
Federal agents raid two stills on Lick Run farm
Agents raided mash pits late afternoon at the Harvey Mayle farm near the Lick Run schoolhouse. They found a partially dismantled still of large capacity with 23 full barrels of mash and related equipment. All apparatus and mash were destroyed. No arrests were announced by officers.
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Harvey Mayle
Lick Run
Cat Staggers From Hunger Not Liquor in Cambridge
A stray cat in Cambridge staggers from police headquarters’ liquor vault but not from drink. The animal wandered in about a week earlier and began staggering, then stopped once fed. The odd incident highlights hunger as the cause rather than intoxication.
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Cambridge
Mass
Stagert
Veterans to Place Tree in Barbour County Seat
Philippi residents will see a community Christmas tree on the court square in Barbour County. The Barbour County Post No. 44 American Legion sponsors the tree and will decorate it Monday for Santa Claus visits on December 24. A committee of Otto Simon William Jones Roy J. Moore and Artie G. Baughman was named to handle arrangements. About three hundred pounds of candy were distributed last year.
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John C. Carpenter
Philippi
Barbour County Post No
American Legion
Court’square
Main Street
Santa Claus
Otto Simon
William Jones
Roy J. Moore
Artie G. Baughman
Rory Casto
Legionnaires
Injured Driver In Walnut Street Crash
Dubois Crickenberger, former city resident now in Nitro, was seriously injured in a late Saturday night accident on Walnut Street. His car skidded on street car rails near the National Cemetery, striking a telephone pole. glass shattered and his face cut. He was treated at City Hospital and discharged. He is brother to Hattie Heinlein and Mrs. R. H. Parrish after visiting relatives here.
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Dubois Crickenberger
Nitro
Walnut Street
Young Crickenberger
National Cemetery
City Hospital
Hattie Heinlein
R. H. Parrish
Home Brewer Fined by Magistrate Jefferys
Joe Guzzi of Rosemont paid 50 dollars after appearing before Magistrate Ona C. Jefferys on a charge of possession of home brew. He was fined 25 dollars plus 25 dollars enforcement fee. Guzzi and Guy Mariani were arrested in Friday raids by Constables T. Freege and B. K. Satterfield, 15 gallons of brew found in Guzzi’s home.
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Joe Guzzi
Rosemont
Ona C. Jefferys
Guzzi
T. ©. Freege
B. K. Satterfield
Guy Mariani
Man Arrested on Possession Charge in Rosemont
Police found 31 quarts and 7 pints of illegal beer at the suspect's Rosemont home. Officers say the possession charge stems from the discovery during a routine check. Authorities did not release the suspect's name pending further proceedings.
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Rosemont
White is Appointed District Head of Ninth District
Philippi resident Sollie White has been named district commander of the Ninth district covering Barbour and Taylor counties and posts at Davis Filkins Parsons Grafton and Philippi He fills the unexpired term of HC Kesling who was elected state vice commander
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George 5S
Sollie” White
Philippi
Barbour
Taylor
Davis, Filkins
Parsons
Grafton
HC. Kesling
C. Elkins
Many Marriage Permits Issued Around Christmas
Chicago reports a surge in marriage licenses as Cupid enjoys a Christmas boost. Clerk Michael Flynn notes about 40,000 licenses yearly bring roughly $220,000 in revenue, supporting plans to build a chapel to accommodate the demand.
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Chicago
Reenhse
Michael Flynn
Judge Irate Over Gender Mistake In Mail
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Judge Lois McBride expressed irritation after mail addressed to Louis McBride arrived at her court. She announced from the bench that she would sign herself Lots, Mary McBride in the future.
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Pittsburgh
Lois‘McBride
Louis ‘McBride
Mary McBride
Mrs Yates Funeral Tomorrow Here
Mrs Mary Yates who died last week in Los Angeles California will arrive at 5 15 pm and lie in state at Bartlett Funeral Home until 1 30 pm tomorrow when brief services will be conducted by the Rev J E Picher of the First Baptist Church Interment will be Bluemont Cemetery
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Mary Yates
Los Angeles
Cal
Bartlett Funeral Home
JE. Picher
First Baptist Church
Bluemont Cemetery
Roosevelt to outline program requiring federal state cooperation
Beacome said yesterday after talks with Washington officials on federal matters involving state cooperation. He noted the president will outline to Congress in January the old age pensions unemployment insurance and many other aspects of the program.
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Sident
Roosevelt
Congress
Beacome
Washington
Kanawha Potomac studies urged by water planning board
The board yesterday directed to start Kanawha and Potomac studies, backing the Pittsburgh program as a group of projects needing prompt attention. An application for Public Works Administration funds to build a Savage River dam in Western Maryland is pending, as an initial Potomac river program step. The plan will study engineering social financial and legal aspects of the three projects.
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Pafe One
Sted
Pittsburgh
Public Works Administration
Savage River
Maryland
Dionne quintuplets mark seven months with Christmas plans
Dr Dafoe arrives at the Callander hospital to oversee a family Christmas day at which the five Dionne quintuplets will be part of a turkey dinner with Dr Dafoe and nurses present. Oliva Dionne hunts a Christmas tree to place in the hospital.
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DR. Dafoe
Yvonne
Marie
Yv ‘Lerour
Oliva Dionnt
Callander
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Hoa-Cunningham
Twisper Prouf
Union Brokerage Incorporated
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Barbour County
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Legion
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