Baby saved from house fire despite flames
A three room Harper family home on Harper road burned yesterday. Baby Anna Mae, ten months, suffered severe burns while Boyd Stanley rescued her, wrapping the child in his coat. The family lost all possessions including eight dollars and Christmas presents. Neighbors provided $11 cash, clothing, and food. Anna Mae remains ill with a cold and burns.
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Dorsey Harper
Harper Road
Cranberry
Anna Mae
Jimmie
Bobbie
Boyd Stanley
J. D.stanley
Harper
Boyd
A. B. Cox
Aghe
Three Women To Receive Parole
Three women in the penitentiary may spend Christmas at home after parole board recommendations. Stella Harris, convicted of murder in Kanawha County in 1930 for stabbing Louise Brown, leads the group of applicants. Also slated for parole are Melvin Bennett, sentenced in Summers County in 1934 to three years for voluntary manslaughter.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Kump
Stella Harris
Kanawha County
Louise Brown
Melvin Bennett
Summers County
Beckley Mayor Details City Revenue Shortfall At Kiwanis
Beckley mayor A Z Lilly told the Kiwanis at a noon luncheon that city revenues fall short of required services. He cited a 17 000 income from property levies against 27 000 in fixed expenses and a 3 000 annual drop in utility assessments. He criticized Charleston for opposing higher Beckley taxes while cutting utilities. He noted licenses like beer taxes offset some gap but raise police costs without net income.
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Kiwanis Club
Beckley
A. Z. Lilly
Charleston
Raleigh County
Lilly
Cold Wave Grips Raleigh County With Snowy Morning
Raleigh County reported heavy snow with depths from two inches near Beckley to seven inches around Flat Top. At 11 am the temperature stood at 12 degrees above zero as flakes continued. Roads remained passable, with cinders on slick grades and two plows on standby.
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Raleigh
Beckley
Flat Top
M. J. Meadows
Mercer Line
Raleigh Hill
Ethiopians lose northern battle in Mai Tinchet valley
In the Mai Tinchet valley near Asmara Ethiopians and Italians fought a three day battle. Italian air forces bombed retreating Ethiopians while Fascist troops pursued. Italian officers say over 1,000 dead on both sides and many machine guns left behind as Ethiopians withdrew north east and west.
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Associated Press
Asmara
Eritrea
Mai Tinchet
Coal Men Told To Set Prices In One Week
Appalachian soft coal producers were warned to set minimum prices within a week or risk government price fixing. The Bituminous Coal Commission called for a December 27 hearing to decide on minimum price schedules to implement the Guffey Act, prompted by a declining market.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
Eccles Junior High School Christmas Program Delights Audience
A large crowd at Eccles theatre enjoys a program from Old Eccles Junior High School students. Each grade performs a Christmas number while the junior high presents a pantomime with a chorus of fifty voices. About two hundred students take part, with Baxter Laird on piano.
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Eccles Theatre
Eccles
Baxter Laird
England Plans to Mobilize League Allies Against Italian Attack
A British government source says London is shaping a League of Nations mobilization to deter a potential Italian strike. Talks are under way with Spain, Greece, Turkey, France, and Yugoslavia to secure assurances. The oil embargo proposal remains paused amid uncertainties.
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Associated Press
London
League of Nations
House of Commons
League
Mediterranean
Spain
Greece
Turkey
France
Yugoslavia
Italy
Stocks Hold Steady With Firm Undertone At Open
In early trading on Wall Street today December 20 stocks showed a steady to firm undertone. Low priced issues were particularly active at the opening with gainers from Radio Western Union Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft National Distillers Chrysler New York Central and American Can rising by fractions to a point or more.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
Radio
Western Union
Douglas Aircraft
United Aircraft
National Distillers
Chrysler
New York Central
American Can
Fear for life of Minnesota Senator Schall after crash
Washington reports Thomas D. Schall blind Republican senator from Minnesota was struck by a car while crossing a highway near his Berwyn Heights Maryland home. His left leg bones were crushed and his skull fractured leaving him unconscious in critical condition. Orel Lee, 39, aide to Schall, was also hit but not in grave condition. Police charged driver L G Humphries with reckless driving.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas D. Schall
Minnesota
Berwyn Heights
Orel Lee
Schall
Cottage City
Lee
L. G. Humphries
Hyattsville, Md
Miners Examined For Foreman Certificates
Charleston West Virginia December 20 coal miners will take two days of tests at the statehouse to determine qualification for workmen certificates. Director N P Rhinehart says about 75 to 80 miners will be examined on mining practices knowledge.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Statehouse
N. P. Rhinehart
Supreme Court To Take Up Bluefield Tax Law
Charleston reports the Supreme Court agreed to review the validity of an order restraining Bluefield from collecting a one percent municipal sales tax. The case centers on whether the tax action complies with state law and due process.
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Supreme Court
Bluefield
Associated Press
Charleston
Roosevelt Jr Injured In Auto Crash Near Boston
Kermit Roosevelt Jr. 20 a Roosevelt descendant was injured when his car skidded into a tree and taken to a hospital. Harvard classmate William Burnham 20 of Brookline also was hospitalized. A physician said both suffered slight concussions of the brain.
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Associated Press
Boston
Kermit Roosevelt Jr
Theodore Roosevelt
William Burnham
Brookline
Harvard
Kidnap Threats Complicate Thelma Todd Case
Los Angeles reports of kidnap threats swirl around the Thelma Todd death inquiry. A woman claiming to be Mrs Kane says she saw Todd alive after the autopsy suggested death. Alex Houne recalls two men shouting threats near a Hollywood club after Todd left a party. A postcard with withhold testimony or kidnap trip was also noted.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Thelma Todd
Grand
Alex Houne
Hollywood
Miss Todd
Miss Anna Ware Reunites With Baby After Court Ruling
In St Louis a 19 year old Pennsylvania servant girl Miss Anna Ware regained her infant son after the court of appeals delivered the child from a hospital to her arms. The decision ended the Mrs Nellie Tipton Muench claim that the child was her son and exposed her as having falsely announced birth after 23 years of marriage.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Anna Ware
Pennsylvania
Miss Ware
Captain Moss Takes Charge Of Salvation Army Work
Captain K E Moss of the Salvation Army and field representative from Richmond Va has returned to Beckley to oversee local work during Adjutant Randolph McBee s illness. He will stay several days handling Christmas duties while McBee is seriously ill in Raleigh General Hospital.
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K. E. Moss
Salvation Army
Richmond
Beckley
Randolph McBee
Raleigh General Hospital
Moss
Adjutant McBee
Captain Moss
Stanaford Man Faces Charges After Auto Crash
Stan Aford resident Mark Hudson is held for questioning after an early morning crash on South Kanawha Street involving a stolen car that skidded onto a sidewalk, injuring 16 year old Eva Harris. Frances Kinzer, 15, was uninjured. driver fled. Police describe a theft from a North Kanawha Street filling station minutes earlier.
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Mark Hudson
Stanaford
South Kanawha Street
Hudson
Game Protector
B. Harris
Eva Harris
A. M. Harris
Glen Morgan
Central School
Frances Kinzer
Charles Kinzer
Beckley
North Kanawha Street
Bailey
Ralph W. Bailey
Mount Hope
E. A. Kidd
Main Street
Kanawha
Negroes Facing Lottery Count in Beckley
Charles Faucett and Henry Waddell, Beckley residents, waived a preliminary exam and were held for grand jury on a lottery charge after state police stopped them on Mount Hope road. Police found numbers tickets worth nearly $300. Faucett admitted ties to the gambling ring. both posted $500 bonds and were released.
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Charles Faucett
Henry Waddell
Beckley
Mount Hope Road
Evan Hall
Faucett
Cut WPA Overhead By Seventeen Percent
Charleston December 20 State Administrator F Witcher McCullough ordered WPA overhead reduced 17 percent by January 1. The action affects personnel and other costs in line with Federal Administrator Harry L Hopkins policies. He will announce staff reductions later. Some employees will be furloughed others have salaries cut or are separated from the service.
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Associated Press
Charleston
F. Witcher McCullough
Wp.a
Harry L. Hopkins
McCullough
Weather causes nine deaths from cold snap
Sub zero weather across the Midwest and Northeast leads to nine fatalities as a severe cold snap grips the region. Thermometers plunge to 24 below zero at Crockston and 22 below at Devils Lake while Great Lakes and Ohio Valley areas endure heavy snows and drifting. Snow and cold disrupt travel with additional deaths reported in western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Northwest
Mercury
Crockston
Minn
Devils Lake
N. C
Great Lakes
Ohio
Mississippi
New York
New England
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Lake Lynn
Morgantown
Elkins
Weather Bureau
Rowlesburg
Charleston
Point Pleasant
Martinsburg
Insurance Suit Heard Over Coal City House Fire
Circuit court jury deliberates on Mrs. Elizabeth Lilly versus Dixie Fire Insurance Co seeking $1,200 for a house burned last April. Lilly and husband Doyle faced arson charges. he was acquitted and hers were dismissed. Defense claims incendiary origin of the fire.
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Elizabeth Lilly
Dixie Fire Insurance Company
Contracting Company Buys Ohio Properties near Gallipolis
Officials of the Dravo Contracting company said today they were undecided on the probable future use of a 52acre tract the firm owns on the Ohio river near Gallipolis, Ohio. Pittsburgh dispatch reports the property purchase was disclosed today.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Dravo Contracting Company
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Ohio
Man Found Frozen by Road Near Shady Spring
Linzy Cox a 42 year old relief worker was found beside a road near Shady Spring after spending a freezing night in the snow. He was admitted to Raleigh General hospital in serious condition with possible amputation of feet and one hand. Cox said he rode a state truck and fell last night while working on a road project near Sullivan.
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Linzy Cox
Shady Spring
Raleigh General Hospital
Cox
James Riner
Beckley
Riner
W. W. Hume
E. H. Hedrick
Sullivan
Hopson Income Tax Is Reported
Albany N Y Dec 20 both Uncle Sam and New York state are investigating the income tax returns of Howard C Hopson head of the Associated Gas and Electric system. Mark Graves tax commissioner said the empire state will review the matter as the federal action in Newark N J places Hopson in the spotlight. Charles V Duffy Jr acting commissioner of internal revenue notified Hopson he must pay 1521604 13 in arrears. Graves said the state is not yet ready to decide on action and called the checkup routine, started when returns were filed and before Associated affairs drew congressional scrutiny.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Uncle
Graves
Associated
Cigarettes and Liquor Tax Revenue Projections
Treasury figures show 1 government to collect over 1 billion dollars from cigarette and liquor taxes in the current fiscal year. Liquor yielded 221 million in the first five months and is expected to total 530 to 550 million for the year, while tobacco via November 30 brought in about 211 million with a 500 million annual average. Liquor taxes now exceed tobacco in annual receipts for the first time since repeal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Ree Peal
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Rotary International
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Montgomery
Hollis P. Guy
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