Sheriff Murdered for Money Motive Doubt Cast by State Police
Charleston December report says Deputy Sheriff Leamon Martin was killed in Raleigh county while robbers took money. Suspects Ermil Taylor 23 and Vernon Lilly in Kanawha county jail admit shooting Martin and beating him with a pistol and claim they divided the stolen money. Capt H N Rexroad notes motive may be robbery only, with prosecutor handling further motives.
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Charleston
Leamon Martin
H. N. Rexroad
Ermil Taylor
Vernon Lly
Kanawha
Raleigh
W. H. McGinnis, Jr
Raleigh County
Lilly
Martin
Taylor
Christmas program at Methodist Protestant church
Evening Sabbath school members present a Yuletide program titled The True Meaning of Christmas. Sunday night features the special season program while the morning sermon by the pastor is titled Tear of Destiny, a special talk for Jun.
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Blueville M. E
Salvation Army
Methodist Protestant Church
Johnson calls for a central planning bureau after war experience
Gen Johnson argues that war taught the need for a central bureau of planning and statistics to meet postwar competition. He notes governments and industry merged during war and predicts other nations will adopt the principle in peace. domestic prosperity hinges on facing new global competition.
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Bureau of Planning and Statistics
Johnin
Lady Succumbs in Wheeling Woman Dies at 68
Mrs Laura Wallace Abercombie 68 wife of Dr J W Abercombie former Warwood mayor, died at her Wheeling home yesterday after a long illness.
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Wheeling
Laura Wallace Abercombie
J. W. Abercombie
Warwood
Labor union sees grim job outlook amid rising unemployment
The American Federation of Labor says private industry cannot provide jobs for the unemployed soon as the October jobless total reached 10,671,090, up over 500,000 from 1932. Secretary of Labor Perkins notes October figures show some improvement in nonmanufacturing employment despite the overall rise.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Perkins
Tobacco growers back longer Keer Smith act in poll
The Associated Press reports a large majority of tobacco growers favor extending the Keer Smith tobacco control act for another year. Early returns from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration poll indicate strong support among growers as their second crop referendum proceeds.
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Associated Press
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Sentinel Advertising Rates And For Rent Listing
Sentinel rates are two cents a word for the first insertion and one cent per word for each additional insertion. Minimum charge is 45 cents. Example 521 counts as three words. For Rent available at 612 Maple Avenue with furnished six rooms, bath, electric and modern conveniences. contact 680-4077.
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Sentinel Classifea
Sentinel
Maple Avenue
Tobacco and cotton growers vote to continue price controls
Last week farmers across several states backed the Kerr Smith act with high approval. Kentucky Georgia and South Carolina reported large majorities for continued control with specific acreages voting. Florida Virginia and Tennessee showed strong to near unanimous support among tobacco and burley growers for crop restriction next year.
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Kentucky
Kentucky Burley Belt
Tennessee
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Virginia
John R Hutcheson
V. F. I. Extension Division
Atine Ip Ain Jr
Slippery Walks Prove Boon to This Robber
Chicago police cornered William Reed, alleged house breaker, after a snowy chase. Two officers pursued him to a residence, one officer briefly disarmed when Reed fled. Five rounds whizzed by before Reed slipped on ice and was hit in the hat as he taunted the police. Reed claimed the shot missed his head, quipping that his head was fine.
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Chicago
William Reed
Reed
Harwood Quiet About Visit to Headquarters
FERA office and county work relief staff will have a Christmas holiday with two people remaining on duty for emergencies. Office personnel will be dismissed at noon Monday and no hours lost due to the holiday as time was made up December 15. Vacancies on welfare boards and in offices will not be announced until after Christmas. Harwood returned at noon from Charleston after talks with state board officials.
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FERA
George Harwood
Harwood
W. D. Frey
Welfare Board
Charleston
State Board
Pigeons Outwit City Hall Traps in St Louis
Pigeons roosting at the city hall have proven too canny for an amateur trapper. After corn was scattered on the lawn for several days a wire trap was placed near the spot with leads to it, but the birds stopped at the entrance and avoided the trap.
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St. Louis
City Hall
Death Claims Harry Wilson Parkersburg Judge dies at home
Police Judge Harry S. Wilson 88 formerly of Grafton and Milan, died suddenly at his Parkersburg home after a heart attack Thursday evening. He joined Parkersburg police in 1926 and served as judge and desk sergeant. Survived by wife Maude Jarrett Wilson, two brothers, two sisters, and granddaughter Elda Willson.
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Harry S. Wilson
Parkersburg
Maude Jarrett
Grafton
A. M. Jarrett
Police Department
Judge Wilson
Maude Wilson
Robert
Edward
Milan
Ritchie County
Edgar Work
New York City
R. C. Hughes
Evanston, Ill
Elda Willson
Pair Dead As Auto Wrecks On Penn Pike
Hamburg Pa December 22 two youths on holiday trip home for Christmas died when their car was struck by another and crashed into a guard rail near Lehnartsville late last night Anna Bokin of New York hospital and Wilson Glass a medical student at Cornell Medical College were killed Two other occupants escaped injury Jackson the driver was held on involuntary manslaughter charges Glass planned to return to Kentucky and Miss Bokin to West Virginia police said
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Hamburg
Lehnartsville
Anna Bokin
New York Hospital
Wilson Glass
Cornell Medical College
William Penn
Jackson
Glass
Bis
Kentucky
Miss Bokin
West Virginia
Pollice
Spanking for Naughty Wives Cleared by Luzerne Court
The Luzerne county court sanctioned spanking as a husband's disciplinary punishment. Judge John S. Fine told Mrs. Harry Bell that the act was the husband’s privilege as she prosecuted her husband for cruelty based on a spanking. The husband admitted to the spanking but said he did it.
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Luzerne
John S. Fine
Harry Bell
Taylor County Council to Give Candy to Members’ Children
The Taylor County Unemployed Council will distribute 1000 oranges 1000 apples and 150 pounds of candy to members children at 3 p m on Monday December 24 at Lindsey Building next to the Hotel Grafton Ernest Lee organizer contact 231-31-p8
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Taylor County Unemployed Council
Lindsey
Graftan
Ernest Lee
Taylor County Council
Man Accuses Wife of Running Around While Working Racks Up Bills
A husband says his wife spent money and traveled by car while he was at work, causing increased expenses and unpaid bills. He notes she did not settle outstanding charges. The dispute centers on financial strain and alleged mismanagement of household finances.
Ouster of 900 Federal Agents Asked in Cau
A suit filed in the District of Columbia seeks removal of 900 employees from the treasury alcohol tax unit. Samuel William Cohen claims Congress directed that prohibition personnel should not be paid from the unit’s salary fund after December 1. The filing notes the issue stems from the end of the Hoover era and includes references to a Senate action.
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Cau
Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Treasury Alcohol Tax Unit
Samuel William Cohen
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