End Probe of Farley Death
Prosecuting Attorney L Warder announced no criminal action in the death of 27 year old Marie Farley found in the McIntyre home on West Wilford Street. A coroner's jury will reconvene to hear more testimony, including McIntyre who gave earlier inconsistent statements.
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L. Warder
Marie Farrey
McIntyre
Wilford Street
J. E. Cobb
Charleston
Jed
Farley
Dor McIntyre
O. Brakeman
Tax Commissioner Sees Better Business In 40
Charleston, Dec. 27. Tax Commissioner Ernest K. James forecast better business in early spring based on 1939 tax collections. He said business is leveling off slightly, though taxes run ahead of 1938 and have not yet reached 1937 levels, with psychology tied to European war concerns.
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Charleston
Ernest K. James
James
Europe
Blaze Nears Farmer's Home in Pennsylvania Mine Fire
Edward Weinheimer watches smoke from an underground mine fire crawling toward his 66 acre farm near Pittsburgh. The blaze, smoldering for 10 years under the Porter mine, threatens his house and barn as holes in soil and a damaged road hamper retreat. Tunneling or excavating the coal seam with a steam shovel are proposed, with Snowden Township seeking state aid after Civil Works Administration efforts ended.
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Pittsburgh
Edward Weinheimer
Weinheimer
Here
Civil Works Administration
Snowden Township
British Church Head Urges Finnish Prayers
Archbishop of Canterbury urges all Britons to pray for Finland in church services on December 31. In a London Times letter he called for prayers as special remembrance of Finland and its brave people in their hour of trial.
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Landon
Canterbury
Finland
London Times
Blind Actress Lilian Hillman Featured On Amateur Radio
The stenographer for the New York Association for the Blind, Lilian Hillman, appeared on an amateur radio program. Playwright Sidney Kingsley, impressed by her talent, drafted a part for her in his upcoming New York production The World We Make.
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New York Association For the Blind
Lillian Hillman
Sidney Kingsley
New York
Taft to Address Budget Balance Plan in Chicago
Senator Robert A Taft will speak on January 6 before the Chicago Bar Association on how to balance the U S budget. The address, titled Mr Roosevelt here s how to balance the budget, will be nationally broadcast at 9 30 p m EST via NBC blue.
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Cleveland
Robert A Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
Taft
Bar Association
Senate Will Accept Offer On Reciprocal Treaty Program
Washington dispatch reports that about six senators agreed that Congress would likely conduct a complete and searching examination of the reciprocal treaty program. Hull urged that the inquiry not be entrusted to lawmakers who backed the Hawley Smoot tariff measure a decade ago, provoking sharp debate. Senator Vandenberg accused Hull of conceding poverty of argument and urged full, fair investigation.
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Washington
Congress
Hull
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Hull backs tariff revision amid debate on Hawley-Smoot impact
In a heated exchange with Senator McNary and others, supporters argue for another Hawley-Smoot revision, while opponents warn against a wide swing to low tariffs. Hull contends benefits exist despite criticism. Burke urges changing trade pact ratifications.
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Hull
McNary
Oregon
Burke
Nev
Firemen Save Mother and Baby From Burning Flat
In Pittsburgh on December 27 firemen forced entry to a locked north side two-family flat behind a garage. They found Mrs. Charles Hott, mute, signaling from a door with aflame clothes, and pulled her to safety. They then carried the infant from the blaze.
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Pittsburgh
North Side
Charles Hott
Infantile Paralysis Case Reported in Logan County
Charleston December 27 a new case of infantile paralysis is reported in Logan County bringing the year total to twenty five the health department says. The state tally reaches forty eight cases for the year to date.
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Charleston
Logan County
Health Department
Roosevelt invites Catholic Protestant and Jewish leaders for world peace talks
Dr. George A. Buttrick of New York was named Protestant representative as President Roosevelt convened Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders to confer on world peace, marking a historic cross religious effort.
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Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
George A. Buttrick
New York
Roosevelt
New York Woman to be Freed From Death Sentence
Say Sherwood, once condemned to die for the death of her two year old son, is granted a form of clemency termed controlled freedom. She has lived since 1936 and is to be released today from Bedford women’s prison as her daughter Dorothy, cared for by the Salvation Army, waits at the gates amid Newburgh relief support. The case began after her husband’s death left her destitute and she carried her son’s body to a police station, leading to a first degree murder conviction. a mercy plea yielded a manslaughter sentence after a second trial.
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New York
Dopa
Con
Sherwood
Salvation Army
Women’s Prison
Bedford
N. Y
Doro‘ty
Russia accuses Finland of bullying tactics
A brief news item notes Russia alleging aggressive pressure by Finland in a diplomatic or strategic context. It mirrors a UK style belt tension with a wary tone about escalating tensions between European neighbors. No further names or dates are provided in the readable fragment.
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Russia
Finland
University of Chicago
Soviet firm Bookniga faces trial in foreign agent case
A federal grand jury indicted Bookniga Inc and two officers Boris Nikolsky and I A Ilyin on charges of violating the foreign agent registration act. Nikolsky, president of Brooklyn, is described as former export chief of Mezhknica in Moscow. Ilyin is secretary treasurer of Bookniga and held roles at Amtorg Trading Corp. The firm is successor to a dissolved Bookniga Corp. and three officers were indicted previously for failure to register.
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Washington
Federal Grand Jury Inc. Bookniga, Inc
Boris Nikolsky
New York
State Department
Bookniga, Inc
Bookniga Corporation
Niga
Morris Liskin
Mexikaiga
Norman Weinberg
Raphael Rush
Roosevelt Hasn't Started His Message Yet
Washington December 27 President Roosevelt has not begun work on his final message to Congress as he is occupied unwrapping Christmas gifts He instructed his secretary to avoid engagements tomorrow to secure a clear desk for studying legislative and budget documents due when Congress reconvenes January 3 His last engagement today was a luncheon and he left the afternoon free to finish unopened packages from days before Christmas.
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Washington
Rosevelt
Congress
Resigns Again Grand Admiral Raeder Reported
Grand Admiral Raeder reportedly tendered his resignation to Adolf Hitler after the Graf Spee incident. He had previously submitted a resignation but was not accepted by the Fuhrer, who again rejected the move.
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Reeder
Adolf Hitler
Graf Spee
Raeder
Fuhrer
Fisher Hearing Continued to January Fifth in Grafton
Hearing for Sam Fisher, proprietor of the Liberty gang, held in municipal court after a raid by city county and state police on liquor possession charges. Fisher, now in a U S Veterans hospital, requested the continuance to January 5 when he expects to be back in Grafton. Attorney W Merle Watkins represented Fisher.
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Sam Fisher
U.S. Veterans’ Hospital
Liberty Bunch
W. Merle Watkins
Fisher
Grafton
Hearing Set In Liquor Case For Thursday
Proprieter B F Sandsbury of the Prosperity will have a chance to hire counsel as charges of whiskey possession are defended in municipal court. Mayor P F Gillispie continued the case until 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with Sandsbury at liberty on a $101 cash bond.
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B. F. Sandsbury
The
Prosperity
P. F. Gillispie
Landsbury
Mine Safety Campaign Aims For 1940 Record
Charleston reports mine inspectors convene at the Department of Mines for a Thursday conference as a safety drive begins. The plan includes an updated toll of fatalities kept at each mine entrance to track progress toward a new year end record.
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Charleston
Department of Mines
Malone’s Drug And Chemical Company Ice Cream Sale
Unexpected guest drops in and seeks refreshments as Malone’s Drug And Chemical Company offers delicious ice cream at 25 cents a quart. The ad markets the economical choice for everyone with a tasty table fare.
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