Police chief seeks evidence on officers protecting gamblers
Williamson on December 18 reports Police Chief B Maynard asked Prosecutor J W Copley to provide proof that officers did not shield gamblers or suppress the campaign against tip books and numbers. Maynard linked the push to curb gambling to the efforts against the betting rings. He warned that sincerity would be tested if officials doubted his stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
B. Maynard
J. W. Copley
Nc‘cribes
Parking Restrictions Near Grafton Dam Announced
State police said parking south of the Grafton park entrance to the guide's station at Tygarts Dam will be prohibited soon. Cooperation with the U S Army Engineer Corps and Park officials aims to improve traffic conditions, as parked cars hinder all traffic movements including buses and trucks. An official urged parking within the park proper to keep the roadway clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Park
Tygarts Dam
United States Army Engineering Corps
Poe Frederick Snare
L. W. Emerick
Probation for Year Two Pay Small Fines For Slot Games
In Philippi magistrate court Judge McDaniel fined Doc Price of Price's restaurant and Theodore Iaquinta with Amanda Folio of Galloway twenty dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to operating slot machines. Hotel Irving proprietor W I Kilpatrick was convicted but appealed. eleven machines were confiscated in a county raid. Mrs Helen Gillis, widow of Baby Face Nelson, received one year probation in San Francisco for harboring her fugitive husband. Slot machines confiscated by state officers will be destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippi
Doc" Price
Price
Theodore Iaquinta
Amanda Folio
Galloway
M. L. McDaniel
W. I. Kilpatrick
Hotel
Irving
Main Street
Helen Gillis
Nelson
San Francisco
Cuit Court
Harry A. Mason
Radio Schedule Dense with Programs Across Networks
Radio listings unfold through evening into late night from WGN NBC CBS and more. Stations include Irene Wicker Jack Armstrong Clara Lu and Em and many orchestras with programs ranging from sketches and news to dramas and musical parades across cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WGN
Irene Wicker
NBC
Sket
Jack Armstrong
WENR
WCKY
Buddy and
Ginger
CBS
Clara
WLW
KMOX
Santa Claus
WSAI
WJZ
Animal News Club
Buck Rogers
Russell Brown
GBS
WHAM
Terry
Ted
Bob Newhall
KDKA
Dan
Sylvia
Herbert Foote
Lowell Thomas
WSM
Orphan Annie
WEAF
Billy and
Betty
WHAS
Asher
Little Jimmy
EMOX
Jimmy Allen
Easy Aces
Amos
Andy
Mourt
Marge
Palmer House
Sarie and Sallie
Uncle Ezra
Tim
Wwva
Kate Smith
Jack ‘Miller
Lum
Abner
Lois Miller
Rosey Rowswell
Wsai—Amer
Legion Auxiliary
Missing Millennial Milne Case Breaks Surname Narrative
A crude ransom note assembled from clipped newspaper words ties to the disappearance of Caleb J. Milne IV, 22, a would be writer and grandson of a Philadelphia textile magnate. Milne was last seen December 14 in New York City telling his landlady he planned to visit his grandfather Caleb Milne Jr. in Germantown, Pa. Authorities later learned the grandfather was not ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb J. Milne, IV
Philadelphia
Young Milne
New York City
New Belington appoints home economics teacher
PHILIPPI, Dec. 18 Miss For rest Stewart of Winfield Putnam county was named as teacher of home economics in the Belington High school to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Jessie Schnapp of Morgantown. Miss Rosalee Strader of Philippi had been filling the vacancy since Miss Schnopp resigned. School buses may be used to transport athletic teams of the county schools per the county board of education.
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad From Old Ad Text
An old style health ad hawks Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming to cleanse bile and improve digestion. It warns of constipation, gas, and overall poisoning of the system, urging readers to buy for relief and vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Dames
Early Break in Missing Milne Case Sparks JO Visit
Eighteen year old Frederic Milne who lived with his missing brother spent two hours today at the New York department of justice offices. Anita Smith aunt of the youth headed from Woodstock with a government agent and Aubrey Milne to learn of a promised break. Rhea Whitley said she would investigate a message to Mrs Caleb Milne delivered to a New York apartment, though Mrs Milne was not at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Milne
Department of Justice
New York
Anita Smith
Woodstock
N. Y
Aubrey Milne
Rhea Whitley
Caleb Milne
Milne
Hearing Planned On Labor Dispute In Keneva West Virginia
An NLRB examiner will hear the dispute today between the Jeffrey Diwitt Insulator Company and the local United Brick and Clay Workers of America union in Keneva West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keneva
W. Va
National Labor Relations Board
Jeffrey Diwitt Insulator Company
United Brick and Clay Workers of America
T B Hospital For Negro Patients Is Turned Down
CHARLESTON December 17 The board of control's appeal to the Rockefeller foundation to build a tuberculosis sanitarium for Negroes failed as the foundation said no funds are available Treasurer John Baker White urged new buildings at the Denman Pocahontas county sanitarium describing current structures as deplorable and a fire hazard due to two long rows of buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Board of Control
Rockefeller Foundation
John Baker White
Denman
Pocahontas County
Revival at Webster To Continue For Two Weeks
Revival services at the Webster Baptist church will begin Sunday December 22 with Rev Millard Stump conducting evangelistic meetings. The two week series urges all members and others in terested to attend the meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Baptist Church
Millard Stump
Cassell Heirs Awarded 720 for Part of Land
In the Fretman district commissioners awarded Cassell heirs 720 for 0.369 acre to be used for a route from Grafton to Morgantown. A second report due this morning covers land owned by John L and Ellen N Wood in the same section totaling 1.25 acres for the same right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fretman
Grafton
Morgantown
John L
Ellen N. Wood
Tree injures man in Mannington incident
Fragmentary OCR reports a tree incident near Mannington injuring a man. Details are unreadable, including exact location, time, and potential injuries or involved parties.
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Bluefield
Richard Taylor
Huntington
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Ohio
Boake Carter
Elsie Hitz
Nick Dawson
City Voices
Quin Ryan
One Man’s Family
Calvacade of America
Harold Levey
EDKA
the Rendezvous
Clyde Lucas
WCPO
Sunset Royal
WBAI
Paths of
Richard Himber
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Gertrude Berg
Joe Greenswald
Paul Stewart
Helen Dumas
Bertha ‘Walden
Bill Artat
Burns & Allen
Wayne King
Veloz & Yolanda
Orches
Gordon
Warden Lawes
Sing Sing
the Tough Kid
Ray Noble
Connie Bos
Rheiny Gay
Lud Gluskin
Gertrude Liessen
Conrad Thibault
Frank Crumit
Carol Deis
Virginia George
Lydis Summers
Eva Taylor
Georgia Burke
Lyd Gusxin
Sammy Fuller
EKMOX
Wjm—Music Guild
Wd2
Jimmy Fidler
Grand Opera
London
Squire Hawkins
Myrt
Dorothy Lamour
Abe Lyman
WTAM
Sammy Kaye
Field House
Sing Ye Merry Gentlemen
Dream Ship
Los Angeles
House of Glass
Claude Hopkins
al Donahues
Jan Garbers
Slats Randall
Shandor
Howard Lally
George Olsen
Hal Kemp
BOA
Aeon
Caleb J. Milne
New Belington
T. B. Hospital
Webster
Cassell Heirs
Mannington
Chesapeake & Potomac
Grafton Banking & Trust Building
Stanley
OME Christmas Fund
Tam
Central Press
Etta Kett
Paul Robins
Hell
Aare
DRG
Sisier
Kyles
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