Unique Rite Held In Mine Ishpeming Christmas Below Surface
Miners on the Marquette range sustain an annual underground Christmas rite at the Morris mine 1,600 feet below ground. A swinging sleigh tree parody began in 1920 after a prank, now a ritual with carols, a surface and underground gathering, gifts, and a moment of quiet to sing Silent Night before resuming work.
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Ishpeming
Mich
Marquette Range
Charles J. Miron
Miron
Morris Mine
Jim Fowler
Opie Read Celebrates 84th Birthday With Autobiography
CHICAGO December 1 22 Opie Read marked his 84th birthday by revealing he embodies his own epitaph “within man's mind there is always a new frontier.” He announced completion of his “Autobiography of the Devil: Satan's Side of It” and said another book is in progress. Some of the best books have been written by old men.
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Chicago
Pi —Opie Read
Governor Kump Grants Christmas Paroles in West Virginia
Charleston December 22 Governor Kump issued Christmas paroles for 72 inmates at Moundsville including Peter Cline Buffington Jr grandson of Huntington’s first mayor One man received clemency for second degree murder six others for manslaughter Nine women also freed The pardon board had recommended 71 inmates at its last session some paroles signed from prior meetings for release before the holidays.
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Charleston
Kump
State Penitentiary
Peter Cline
Buffington
Huntington
Moundsville
Cabell County
Harry Bagley
Panhandle
State Pardon Board
Churchill 5 Daughters To Wed
Five Churchill daughters are set to wed as reported by Central Press. The article notes family ties and public interest in the weddings, highlighting traditional ceremonies and notable guests expected to attend.
Electrical Burns Likely Fatal For Charleston Worker
In Charleston on December 22 a hospital report said Joseph F. P. Whitehouse was in very critical condition after he fell across a 40,000 volt high tension line at a sub-station. He was freed after coworkers shut off power for about fifteen minutes, and doctors did not expect him to survive.
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Charleston
Joseph FP. Whitehouse
Chiang's Wife Telephone and Labor Strikes Featured
The Rochester, North Carolina National Labor Relations Board reports 500 waiters, cooks, and clerks striking for higher wages and union recognition. A brief sitdown by Akro n office clerks ended when officials settled wage and hour demands. The piece notes the broader political instability and rumors surrounding Chiang Kai-shek and quoted government officials downplaying ransom fears.
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THE
Grafton
W. VA
Sentinel
National Labor Relations Board
Rochester
N. C
Goodrich
United Rubber Workers of America
Trott Page
Chang
Chiang
Body of Nude Found Locked Kitchen Scene On Golf Club
Witnesses described a young woman found dead in a locked golf club kitchen. Gas fumes poured from opened jets as a blanket lay over her. marks on her body suggested rough travel through briars. Investigators say she appeared to have been dead since yesterday.
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Schaub
Alex Taylor
Taylor
Tom Haddix Faces First Time For Many Things
Tom Haddix aged 23 admitted in police court to drunkenness after drinking yesterday afternoon and getting drunk for the first time. Mayor E Otto Waugh fined him five dollars and ordered three days in jail, to be released the day before Christmas.
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Tom Haddix
E. Otto Waugh
One Hour Parking Ban Lifted in Wheeling for Week
Wheeling city officials rescind the one hour parking limit in the business district for this week only as a Christmas present from City Manager Harry J. Humphrey to shippers.
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Wheeling
Harry J. Humphrey
Youth Held After Clarksburg Robbery Charge
State troopers charged 18 year old Kermit Frey with beating and robbing James Brady 40 of two dollars and fifty cents in Clarksburg.
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Clarksburg
Kermit Frey
James Brady
Holiday Vacation For Taylor County Kids Starts Tomorrow
Taylor county school children will begin a Christmas vacation on Wednesday December 23, continuing to January 4. The National Reemployment Service in Grafton will close December 24 at 1 p.m. for a short holiday break, with staff returning the following Monday. A similar break will occur nine weeks later for New Year’s Day observance.
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Taylor County
Pt Pleasant Factory To Add to Personnel
Officials of Quality Manufacturing clothing firm announce the staff of women workers will rise by 50 to 60 before year’s end. The plant capacity is to be doubled. current workforce is about 100 women at Pt Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Quality Manufacturing Company
Clothing Concern
Youth freed on murder charge bond for grand jury
Judge 8 Collett Littlepage released 19 year old Leon Roush under bond while awaiting grand jury action on a murder charge in connection with his father’s death. Sergeant Andrew Morgan said the youth shot Lownie Ray Roush during a family quarrel.
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Charleston
Collett Littlepage
Leon Roush
Andrew Morgan
Lownie Ray Roush
Deferrend continues as workers idle at major plants
The Libbey Owens Ford Glass firm and 14,000 workers idle. UAW claims 12,000 members are striking in body, wheel, and parts plants and seeks negotiations with General Motors. About 600 Brooklyn bus drivers halted strike action awaiting government inquiry.
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Pany
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors Corporation
Brooklyn
Gland revival breakthrough promises power for men
A sensational advertisement claims a new discovery revives impotent men, offering immediate power and youthful vigor. It targets aging men and promises guaranteed results with Vital at Fountain, urging men as young as ten to restore courage and ambition through science.
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Oliver
New York
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Fountain
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Fountain Cut Rate Drug Store
J. Morrison
West Main Street
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