The Klub Meets at Lincoln Street Home
Annabel P Swisher reports a Christmas party at Miss Wilginis McDaniel’s Lincoln street home. Guests enjoyed decorations, socializing, sewing, music, and gifts, with Miss Bonnie Newcome hosting two weeks hence.
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KLUB
Lincoln Street
Wilginis McDaniel
Donald Landacre
Bridgeport
Raymond McDaniel
Joseph Lee Evans, Jr
Francis Wolfe
Karl Hinkins
Bonnie Newcome
Kathleen Garrett
West Main Street
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Mary Hess Bishop
The family expresses sincere appreciation for the kindness shown during the illness and death of wife and mother Mary Hess Bishop.
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Mary Hess
Grinnan Family Thanks Neighbors After Bereavement
The Grinnan family expresses gratitude for the acts of kindness shown during their recent bereavement. Mrs. Fred Grinnan and children convey thanks and blessings to friends and neighbors.
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Fred Grinnan
Death cause dispute over Hare autopsy report
Elkins West Virginia dec 21 Justice of the Peace J Loman Hartsaw reaffirmed belief that Joe Hares death near Valley Head was from indigestion and heart failure. Narrows physicians autopsy found fall or blow on the head but coroner jury had declared acute indigestion. Funeral held November 25 and body exhumed for postmortem. Officials said autopsy results to be sent to West Virginia authorities.
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Hare
Hartsaw
Narrows
Stanley Bosworth
Joe Hare
Valley Head
W. Va
L. B. Lowe
M.C. Newton
Train Hits Skidding Bus Injuring Driver at Crossing
In Cohoes New York a bus operator was injured when a slippery hillside caused the bus to skid and strike a Delaware and Hudson train at a railroad crossing. The collision hurled the bus against a five-story brick building and tore open the second floor living room wall of Mr and Mrs Fred Therrien, shaking passengers aboard.
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Cohoes
Delaware and Hudson
Delisle
Fred Therrien
Baby Injured When Car Hits Another Auto
Caroline Snider three-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Bud Snider sustained minor injuries when a car she rode in overturned after a collision with another vehicle in Parkersburg on December 21.
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Parkersburg
Caroline Snider
Bud Snider
City Visitors and Local Hospital Stays Reported
H K Debendarfer of Graf ton Clark sburg road was visitor in the city today. Mrs William Flanagan and infant daughter were discharged from the city hospital this morning. Mrs Flossie Hovatter of Moatsville admitted for medical attention. Mrs Eva Hartsook of Tunterton confined for observation. Mrs Mary Brantley and Mrs Mattie Mantle of Brewton Ala returned home after visiting brother William Carnley. William Valentine ill at home. Paul Ridenour son of Mr and Mrs W A Ridenour of Boyd street confined to Charleston hospital with inflammatory rheumatism.
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H. K. Debendarfer
Grafton-Clarksburg
William Flanagan
Flossie Hovatter
Moatsville
City Hospital
Eva Hartsook
Tunterton
Mary Brantley
Mattie Mantle
Brewton
Ale
William Carnley
William ‘Valentine
the Sentinel
Washington Street
Paul Ridenour
W. A. Ridenour
Bdyd Street
Charleston
Convict 22 Sit-Downers For California Strike
In Los Angeles the district attorney announces sit-down strikes in California have been deemed illegal as 22 men are convicted of conspiracy to detain property. Among the defendants are CIO organizers William Busick and Andrew Schmoulder. They were among 350 arrested at the Douglas Aircraft factory in Santa Monica last February. A six-man six-woman jury recommended utmost leniency. Maximum penalties include two years in prison or a $5,000 fine or both.
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Los Angeles
District Attorney's Office
California
Santa Monica
William Busick
Andrew Schmoulder
Eighty Die as Japan Village School Burns
A devastating fire at a village school in Tomita Wakayama prefecture killed eighty people. The blaze began when a war film being shown to villagers caught fire, destroying the building and trapping students and adults inside.
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Japan
Tokyo
Tomita
Wakayama Prefecture
Comfort for Families of Japanese Soldiers Killed in China Fronts
A memorial note comforts families of Japanese soldiers killed on the Chinese fronts. A separate report recalls a school fire in which three hundred children and 180 adults were present in the auditorium when the blaze broke out.
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Comfort
Two Forfeit Big Bonds In Capital Game Raids
Charlestion report states two individuals forfeited bonds of 500 dollars each after arrest among 72 caught in state police gambling raids. Twenty raids were conducted Saturday night with 21 cases granted continuances and 18 bonds of 4 dollars forfeited.
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Charleston
Eastport seeks state aid to run finances after project halt
Eastport Maine, once tied to a $36,000,000 Passamaquoddy bay tide-harnessing scheme, asked the state emergency municipal finance board to take over the city's finances. City Council President Roscoe C. Emery said Quoddy’s suspension was the chief reason for the request.
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Eastport
Passamaquoddy Bay
Municipal Finace Board
Quoddy
Roscoe C. Emery
Quoddy Project Halted After Funds Dry Up
The Quoddy project begun in 1935 was stopped a year later due to lack of funds. The government spent $7,000,000 on the effort before shutdown.
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Eald
Charles Town Bank Sale Revealed by Ward
Charleston dispatch reports Ward announced that the Farmers and Merchants Trust Company building at Charles Town Jefferson county will be sold at public auction January 15. Ward said the sale is to take place at the bank site and is expected to attract bidders from the region. The announcement underscores ongoing shifts in local banking assets and property holdings with no immediate disclosure of buyers or bid conditions.
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Moose
Business Girls
Rolfe Shay
Sovereigns of Sway
Moose Home
Dorothy Sapp
Lucille McCafferty
Jean Murray
Mildred Bartlett
Mary Thomas
Charleston
George Banking
Ward
Farmers and Merchants Trust Company
Charles Town
Jefferson County
Toys Repaired Sent By Firemen To Salvation Army
Fire Chief J. J. Smith said five truck loads of toys repaired by firefighters were sent to the Salvation Army headquarters for distribution to children of indigent parents in Clarksburg on December 21.
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Clarksburg
J. J. Smith
Salvation Army
Japan bans Santa Claus celebration this year
Tokyo December 21 report that Japan has banned Santa Claus celebrations for the year. Despite not being a Christian nation, the country had seen growing ardor with department stores featuring Santa Clauses. Stores will instead display Japanese, German and Italian decorations.
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Tokyo
Santa Claus
Japan
Fines in anti-Communist crackdown noted
Fragmentary text references fines and an anti-Communist stance amid unclear context. The readable words indicate penalties tied to broader political action, with no complete details on parties, dates, or locations.
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Annabel P. Swisher
Society Reporter
Telephone
Dolores Peters
Girl's
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
Maple Avenue
Betty Lee Duffy
Theodore Russell
Betty Lee
Jean Waller
Wilma Jean Casseday
Agnes Margaret Helms
Janet Waller
Natalie Pembroke
Jo Ann Bartlett
Dolores Kincaid
Mary Alice’ ‘Palmer
Malmarie’ Beveridge
Mary Duffy
Walter Goudy
John Shirley
A. N. Peters
Billy Russell
John Casseday
Leo Kincaid
Bridge Club
Walnut Street
Virgil Rohrbough
Lynn Faulkner
Woman's Club
Charlotte Rendle
Kings Daughters Bible Class
U. B. Church
V. F. W. Ladies Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary and Daughters of the Auxiliary
Mooge
Redmen's Hall
Knottsville
Woman's Benefit Association
Daughters of the American Revolution
John N. Tregellas
Mission Circle of the
First Baptist Church
Luther Reese
Iowa Street
Faulkner
John Burdett
Ernest M. Clark
Paul Ward
William Gibson
Geneva Hilkey
Irene Kunst
Virginia Hanway
Margaret Hanway
Mildred Keefer
East Grafton
Mason Tucker
Baby
Cutex and
LaCross
Coty and Yardley
Parker
Amity
Page
Shaw
New York
Red Cross Pharmacy
Miller’s Shoe Store
Financial
Maine
Corthide
Malone
Business Girls’ Club
Moose_ Home
Monongahela System
Charles Town Bank
Bert Lintment
Weige
Grafton Ding & Chemical Company
West Main
Hemors
SATIN
Caro
Yenial
Wae
Alamas
Hany Magee
Dole
Skate Scooter
Fofeve’ Boxing
Creal Automobile
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