Police Will Investigate Vance Death
Police opened an inquiry into the death of Louis Joseph Vance the mystery writer whose fire damaged apartment yielded a partly empty benzine can and numerous cigarette stubs. Dr Milton Helpern said a chemical analysis of blood and organs was needed before labeling the death accidental. Detectives Sullivan and Geiger were assigned to the case as friends and family offered cautious comments on foul play.
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Associated Press
New York
Louis Joseph Vance
Milton Helpern
Vance
Daniel F. Sullivan
Edward Geiger
Howard Kyle
Kyle
Joe
Vance life questioned as body found after arson glow
Friends say Vance avoided alcohol and kept spotless habits, but assistant medical examiner Dr. Fisher citing Dr. Kreisberg notes heavy drinking before his body was discovered, clothes stripped to the waist and chair nearly burned. Numerous local visits and health notices fill end of report with many names and brief movements.
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Vance
Robert C. Fisher
R.J. Kreisberg
Tornadic Winds Sweep Section Of Louisiana
Tornadic winds swept through two Caddo parish communities near Shreveport killing four and injuring nineteen. The tornado struck the Grayson Lumber camp eight teen miles west of Shreveport and moved to the Soda Fountain plantation ten miles north. One white woman and two blacks died instantly as valuable saw mill property was destroyed.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Grayson
Tornado Strikes Lumber Camp Killing Woman and Injuring Eleven
A tornado swept a plantation injuring eleven people including eight enslaved individuals and fatally striking a Black woman. Rescue crews and local authorities responded to the disaster scene as reports detail the casualties and impact on the camp community.
Four Sailors Rescued After Ship Burns At Sea
Halifax N S Dec 18 four missing crew from the schooner Ellen T Marshall were rescued by the steamer Ellsworth after drifting in a dory for hours. The sinking, three drowned near Seal Island, while nineteen were saved. others reached Peases Island and Yarmouth for care. Names presumed: Harry Reynolds John Muise John Clements Basil Mullock, all of Boston.
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Associated Press
Halifax
N.S
Ellen T. Marshall
Ellsworth
East Coast Signal Service
Hilsworth
Wedgeport
Marshall
Seal Island
Lilsworth
Harry Reynolds
John Muise
John Clements
Basil Mullock
Boston
Peases Island
Yarmouth
Fight
Lars Kruse
Hearst Praises NRA in We All Live and Learn Feature
Hearst publishes a front page statement praising the National Recovery Administration. He lauds Hugh S. Johnson for urging leadership over attack on NRA mistakes and calls the NRA policy a path to social betterment. Government cooperation with industry is hailed as admirable and beneficial to workers and the public.
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Washington
William Randolph Hearst
National Recovery Administration
National Recovery
Hugh S. Johnson
Philadelphia
NRA
NWRA
Johnson
Hearst
General Johnson
Negro arrested after shooting at woman in Slab Fork chase
J. N. Jones, 34, of Matoaka was jailed on a charge of shooting with intent to kill after firing a shotgun at Mrs. Willie Cole and fleeing. Deputy Sheriff Russell Gautier arrested him near a mining camp woods following a half mile chase. Jones was described as intoxicated.
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J. N. Jones
Matoaka
Slab Fork
Russell Gautier
Jones
Willie Cole
Gautier
Mrs Grace Maxey Injured In Fall At Lillybrook
Mrs Grace Maxey of Lillybrook was treated at Beckley hospital yesterday for a left knee injury from a fall.
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Grace Maxey
Lillybrook
Beckley Hospital
National Commander to Speak in Beckley in April
E A Hayes national commander of the American Legion will visit Beckley in April for the West Virginia department veteran organization mid year conference. The meeting will be at the Memorial building with about 1000 visitors expected. State officials met in Charleston to arrange the event and dates will be fixed later.
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E. A. Hayes
American Legion
Beckley
West Virginia
Gilfillan Dies Veteran of Oil Era in Pennsylvania
Robert M. Gilfillan aged 62 died at his Waynesburg home Saturday night after a long career in the oil and gas industry in southwestern Pennsylvania. He was a veteran of the early days of the field.
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Associated Press
Waynesburg
Robert M. Gilfillan
Pennsylvania
Student engineers refine two crude oil tanks for campus use
University of Oklahoma programs refin e two tank cars of crude oil for student petroleum engineering study and lab work, enabling hands on experiments and learning opportunities on campus.
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The
University of Oklahoma
Taxable Value Debate Over Company Earnings
The text argues earnings are insufficient to support dividends, noting 18 months without payout. It discusses whether the company’s property should be taxed at full value, while stressing that property must be valued uniformly under the law, implying a constraint on assessments.
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