Kump Warns of Political Pressure in Liquor Board
Governor Kump vows a new liquor commission chair after Alexander quits the Capitol amid Senate rejection of confirmation. Alexander, ex-president of Monongahela West Penn Public Service, leaves after a brief tenure as the liquor panel member. The Senate approved several appointments to public bodies and university boards, tying policy to political and corporate connections.
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Associated Press
Charleston
George M. Alexan Maer
Liquor Commission
Statehouse
Kump
Alexander
Senate
D. Homer Stephenson
Kanawha County
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
Earl Smith
Marion County
Fairmont
Port Chester
N. Y
Commission
Monongahela West Penn
American Water Works and Electric
American Water Works
F. M. Peters
Bluefield
Co, P. Nelson
Huntington
Board of Control
A. W. Garnett
Madison
Department of Public
John J. Cornwell
Romney
West Virginia University
Arthur B. Koontz
J. R. Poland
Martinsburg
Land sales to exceed 1935 in Fayetteville area
County clerk J Alfred Taylor Jr predicts 1936 land transfers will top 1935 with 450 to 500 deals. He notes a strong rise in the last two months and says the total may rise if current pace continues into January.
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Register
Fayetteville
J. Alfred Taylor, Jr
Taylor
Duling Trial May End Today
A conference in the judge's chambers delayed closing arguments in the Hubbard and Paul Duling trial for the slaying of Deputy Clarence E. Simmons. Judge Thurston L. Keister completed jury instructions and planned to deliver them late today. The Nicholas county brothers were indicted in connection with the ambush.
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Associated Press
Salem
Hubbard
Paul Duling
Thurston L. Keister
Nicholas County
W. Va
Clarence E. Simmons
Edward VIII Opens To Public Duties And Holiday Plans
Edward VIII, the former king of England, shows signs of loosening his reclusive stance and may address papers with words and pictures soon. Reliable reports suggest a possible deer hunting proposal in Styria. He stayed up late listening to a radio broadcast, and Baroness Rothschild reportedly persuaded him to undertake a Christmas shopping tour in Vienna and maybe visit night clubs.
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Associated Press
Enzesfeld
Austria
Edward
Duke of Windsor
England
Styria
Rothschild
Vienna
Hedrick Declares Injury Permanent in Bus Wreck Suit
City health officer Dr E H Hedrick testified a negro bus passenger was permanently injured when a bus toppled near Logan on March 14. Nellie Vaughn of Lorado sues Consolidated Bus Lines for 15000 saying steering failed. Xray expert Grace Whitlock showed fractured skull images. Judge Ward later dismissed Lester v Torlone as settled. Court upheld Russel Bryant's $4000 investment with an insurer for infant William Bryant.
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E. H. Hedrick
Huff Mountain
Logan
Nellie Vaughn
Lorado
Consolidated Bus Lines
Hatfield
Grace Whitlock
A. E. Doerson
C. M. Ward
George T. Lester
William Tor
Oxendales Visit Oak Hill Friends and Relatives
Rev. Fred Oxendale of Gassaway visited Oak Hill this week with his wife a former local resident. They were here to see friends and relatives.
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Register
Oak Hill
Fred Oxendale
Gassaway
Broken Tree Clue in Hunt for Missing Airliner
Searchers scoured the Wasatch slope 25 miles southwest of Salt Lake City after a plane with seven aboard including two women and five men was reported missing. A freshly sheared tree and possible airplane tracks suggested a crash site, with a stewardess among the passengers. A snowstorm halted further digging as night fell.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Wasatch Mountains
Gladys Witt
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
Utah
Miss Witt
Ward Withholds Decision on Faulty Dynamite Case
Judge C M Ward had not ruled on whether Harrison Young a Black miner should receive $1,000 for a lost finger in a circuit court suit against E I Dupont claiming an unlighted dynamite cap exploded in his right hand making it faulty The jury awarded the money suggesting the verdict was within the law at issue yesterday.
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C. M. Ward
Harrison Young
Young
E. I. Dupont de Nemours and Company
Officer Tried For Fizer Death
Charleston Okey DeBoard a former city policeman testified he fired to save his life after being attacked by Leo Fizer and others in a beer parlor melee. Fizer a 23 year old ex West Virginia University athlete died from a neck wound. DeBoard said it looked like suspects would kill him and he chose to fire.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Okey DeBoard
Leo Fizer
West Virginia University
DeBoard
Fizer
W. W. Wertz
Poisoned cake sender to penalty in court
Johnstown, Pa. Phillip Patti admitted sending a poison cake to his estranged wife’s family on Pe Day. He faced a three and a half to a year penitentiary term as a jury was selected to try him on a charge of attempted murder. Patti pled guilty after conferring with counsel.
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Associated Press
Johnstown
Phillip Patti
Dubois
Conference Strikes In Glass And Auto Trades Move
Striking glass and auto workers enter a Washington conference with John L Lew is heading the CIO and leaders including Glen W McCabe and Homer Martin. They consider impacts if the walkouts extend another three to four weeks as sit-down protests at Fisher Body in Kansas City continue and Libby Owens Ford Glass hits a 7000 employee strike.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Glass
Automobile Workers
Glen W. McCabe
Flat Glass Workers
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
McCabe
Martin
Kansas City
Fisher Body
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Federation of
Ford City
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Libbey-Owens- Ford Glass Company
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Federation
Recording Fees Rise in Fayette County 1936
Fayetteville records show a gain of 1682.37 in the county clerk s office recording fees for 1936 compared with 1935. The year s total business transaction receipts reached 7832.17, up from 6147.80 last year, per Clerk Jim Taylor.
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Register
Fayetteville
Jim Taylor
Typhoid Fever Epidemic Grips Page
Dr J H Crouch reports a second typhoid outbreak in Page with 15 to 20 cases after following up on one report. He closed the Page school amid 53 whooping cough cases and Sanitary Engineer G L Kelso checked local water sources for infection risks. A meningitis case at Pax was investigated but deemed not alarming to Page residents.
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Page
J. H. Crouch
Public Health Training Center
Fayette County
Crouch
G. L. Kelso
Pax
Poge
Open-Eyed Sleeping Child Hovers Between Sleep and Christmas
In Erie, nurses consoled 15 month comatose patient Yarrington with a Santa Claus doll as they prepared a Christmas party for five other children in the ward. The child has eyes wide open yet unresponsive, doctors uncertain about recovery.
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Erie
Yarrington
Maxine
Auto Kills Lincoln School Tot Betty Ruth Maynor
Betty Ruth Maynor a first year pupil at Lincoln school was killed instantly when struck by a truck on the Johnstown road near the Atkinson store at 11 55 am. The driver George Ballard said he did not see the child until four feet away and with Ballard and the child’s teacher and others rushing her to Raleigh General hospital it was learned she died instantly. Surviving are her father William E Maynor and siblings Nina E Jew el Mary Lily Mrs W D Jones Ernest and William.
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Betty Ruth Maynor
Lincoln School
Johnstown
Atkinson
George Ballard
Hubert Carper
Ballard
Raleigh General Hospital
Carper
William E. Maynor
State Road Commission
Nina E
Jewel
Mary Lily
W. D. Jones
Ernest
William
County Budget Remains Same for 1937 Budget
County budget figures for 1937 were upheld at 1936 levels. Sheriff $21,890. circuit clerk $6,000. assessor $10,340. county clerk $6,700. prosecuting attorney $4,400. Total $52,930, with requests for extra funds rejected due to lack of money.
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John F. Bolen
Bolen
H. G. Farmer
Ira Whitlock
Harry Anderson
Parley
Wills Divorce Asked in Court Suit
Divorce action filed by T. H. Wills against Hattie Mae Wills citing strain and seeking dissolution of marriage with representation by attorney C. R. Har. The filing appears in a local court record and reflects a standard petition for divorce proceedings.
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T. H. Wills
Hattie Mae Wills
C. R. Har
Boy of 13 Gets Eight-Year Term
A 13 year old boy was ordered to spend eight years in the Grafton Industrial School after jailer Okey Mills charged him with smuggling hack saws into the jail. Mills told Judge Harley M Kilgore the lad aided in a recent jail break. The boy’s name was withheld from publication.
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Grafton
W. Va
Okey Mills
Mills
Harley M. Kilgore
Aiden
Chang Negotiates to End Civil War and Free Chiang Kai-Shek
Chang Hsueh-Liang's mountain stronghold is surrounded as he opens talks to end China's civil war and release Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. He releases General Chiang Ting-Wen to deliver a message to War Minister Ho Ying-Chin about punitive actions against Sian as the foreign office insists the generalissimo remains safe.
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Associated Press
Nanking
Chang Hsueh-Liang
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Ting- Wen
Ho Ying-Chin
Sian
Foreign Office
Real Estate Transactions Record Three Sales in County
Three property sales were filed with the county clerk. L. I. and Clara Meadows purchased four Beaver lots from Mrs. R. B. Crawford for a total under 500 dollars. Lilly Land Company sold four Prosperity lots on Ogden Street to R. C. Goodwin for 1020 dollars and 35 cents. Ollie Shrewsbury trustee sold .43 acre on Pines Creek in Slab Fork district for 100 dollars.
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L. I
Clara Meadows
Beaver
R. B. Crawford
Lilly Land Company
Ogden Street
R. C. Goodwin
Ollie Shrewsbury
A. M. Meadows
Pines Creek
Slab Fork
Beckley Police Report Few Arrests in Four Days
Beckley police report only four arrests in the past four days all for drunk with no other incidents since Sunday. H. H. Watkins O. J. Jones Oren Williams and Claud Daniels were jailed last night. One man held over from Monday night court for drunken driving faced Judge Millard French. Police officials noted a quiet period before Christmas eve expectations.
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Beckley
H. H. Watkins
O. J. Jones
Oren Williams
Claud Daniels
Millard French
J. Q. Stover
Beckley Law
Okey Mills
Vandals threaten Fayetteville Christmas decorations
Fayetteville police say they will prevent damage to town holiday adornments. A notice on each tree offers a five dollar reward for information leading to arrest and a ten dollar fine for molesting the decorations.
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Register
Fayetteville
Game Warden O B Harris Chases Drunk Driver Through Town
Game Warden O B Harris pursued Jimmy Herrera across downtown streets from Stratton school to Neville and First avenues before catching him near Mayor Winston's house. Herrera pleaded guilty to drunk driving and hit and run driving and paid fines plus costs totaling 25 dollars.
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O. B. Harris
Jimmy Ferrera
Herrera
Squire Frank Lemon
Harris
Stratton School
South Fayette Street
Wise county jury convicts Edith Maxwell in fatal quarrel murder
In Pound Virginia Edith Maxwell, 22, is found guilty of second degree murder in the death of her father Trigg Maxwell after a jury deliberated 1 hour 20 minutes. The verdict carries the maximum penalty under Virginia law and follows her prior first degree murder conviction overturned by the state supreme court.
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Edith Maxwell
Wise County
Associated Press
Wise
Trigg Maxwell
Miss Maxwell
Earl Maxwell
Virginia
State Supreme Court
Ezra T. Carter
Ann Maxwell
Edith
Pound Village
Mary Kathryne
Vernon Maxwell
Trigg
Charles Henry Smith
Maxwell
Pound
Book Sales Ban in Breslau Stores
Breslau department stores are forbidden to sell books after January 1 1937 following a sudden inspection of local book departments. The order targets works linked to the 1933 fires and items now barred by authorities. The move aligns with national socialist aims to eliminate department stores.
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Associated Press
Breslau
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Hedrick
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Fayette
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W. H. “Red” Thornhill
C. O. Smith
Richmond
O. B. Arthur
S. A. Bragg
C. H. Workman
Clear Fork
James H. Workman
Flora Workman
Frank McClain
Shady Spring
Fidelity and Casualty Company of
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Kilgore
Chang
Chiang
Beaver, Prosperity
Slab Fork Realty
Stover
McCreery Street
Heber
Neville
Baptist Church
Tom Thalet
Robert Winston
Neville Street
Thabet
First Avenue
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