Blaze at Mexican coal mine seals 34 dead in blast
Explosion at the Rosita coal mine near Eagle Pass Texas trapped about 700 miners one mile from the entrance and 400 feet deep with 34 bodies recovered and 35 injured. Rescue crews searched toward Nuevo Rosita and Torreon for five miners believed entombed as officials cited possible fire damp gas from sparks.
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Associated Press
Eagle Pass
Tex
Mexico
Nuevo Rosita
Cachuila
Torreon
Rosita Coal Mine Company
Willfong Rites To Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Rose Willfong will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at the Willfong residence with Dr J L Lineweaver and the Rev J M Hayes officiating Interment will be in Sunset Memorial park The 47 year old North Kanawha street resident died at 10 15 p m yesterday in a local hospital after a five day illness from a cerebral hemorrhage with pneumonia following She was active in the Beckley Presbyterian church and a leading social figure Surviving are her widower H F Willfong two daughters Miss Margaret Rose Willfong and Miss Ann Willfong and her father C C Rose
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Daisy Rose Willfong
J. L. Lineweaver
J. M., Hayes
Willfong
Sunset Memorial Park
North Kanawha Street
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Chamber of Commerce
Woman's Club
Presbyterian Church
H. F. Willfong
Margaret Ose Willfong
Woodrow Wilson High School
Ann Willfong
C. C. Rose
C. C. Lewis
al Meade
J. M. Gooch
D. Howe Johnston
E. M. Payne
John Smith
D. C. Wade
Ned Hawkins
W. C. Griffith
K. M. Jarrell
D. J. H. McCullough
R. G. Broaddus
Robert Winston
L. M. Halloran
A. A. Edwards
B. B. Richmond
W. L. Foster
S. M. Bledsoe
William MacTaggart
R. A B. Yaple
T. F. Garrett
G. C. Hedrick
B. E. Carter
William Taylor
S. C. Ballengee
Duck Hunter Finds Sodium Sulphate Bed
A North Dakota duck hunter discovering large sodium sulphate beds near Grenora spurs talk of a $500000 plant to refine the salts. Cincinnati interests, Dr Irvin Lavine of the University of North Dakota notes 25 million tons of salt worth $15 a ton lie in state resources. About 60,000 tons used by Midwest paper mills are imported from Canada.
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Associated Press
Poland
Forks
N. D
North Dakota
Grenora
Cincinnati Corporation
Irvin Lavine
University of North Dakota
Midwest Paper Mills
Canada
Lavine
Kentucky Gazette Roots and 1787 Establishment
The Kentucky Gazette, the first newspaper west of the Alleghenies, was established in Kentucky in 1787, marking the formal start of Western U.S. journalism and regional communication.
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the Alleghenies
Kentucky Gazette
Teachers Escape After Car Drops Into Creek
Four Montreal teachers, returning home for Christmas, skidded on Sand Lick road and slid into a kneedeep creek. A passing truck pulled the car from the water, the group was shaken but unhurt, and they continued to Wytheville Virginia to visit relatives. Names were not learned.
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Montreal
Sand Lick
Beckley
Wytheville
Six Realty Transfers Recorded by County Clerk
Six property transfers were recorded with County Clerk Harry Anderson. H. C. Hargrove sold a lot on the New Raleigh road to Harry Tinsley for 100 to 500 dollars. Harry A. Stansbury sold lots 17 and 18 in Glen Daniel subdivision to Every Bilbrey for 100 to 500 dollars and lots 330, 331, 332 to G. A. Ransom for 100 to 500 dollars. Joseph F. Wehage and wife sold lot nine of section five on Woodlawn avenue to City Lumber and Supply Co for 500 to 1,000 dollars. Blue Jay Lumber Co sold Mary Z. Lynch 7/12 acre on E. Prince tract in Shady Spring district for 1 dollar and other considerations. Jesse Cantley confirmed a sale of 18.85 acres on Sand Lick waters to Bud Jones for 1 dollar and other considerations.
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Harry Anderson
H. C. Hargrove
Raleigh
Harry Tinsley
Harry A. Stansbury
Glen Daniel
Bilbrey
G. A. Ransom
Joseph F. Wehage
Woodlawn Avenue
City Lumber and Supply Company
Blue Jay Lumber Company
Mary Z. Lynch
E. Prince
Shady Spring
Jesse Cantley
Bud Jones
Cantley
Sand Lick
Grim Christmas Besieged For Madrid Frontline Defenders
In trenches northwest of Madrid a bleak Christmas looms for socialist defenders as shells rain on the city. Some may be allowed to visit Madrid for the day, but fear of an insurgent strike on vital links to El Escorial keeps many at their posts. The bombardment yesterday targeted the city core and its landmark telephone building, a symbol of the capital’s communications.
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Associated Press
Madrid
el Escorial
Three Day Armistice Sought in Nanking Rescue Effort
Nanking, China. At the urgent request of Mme Chiang Kai-Shek and her brother Dr T V Soong, a three day pause in the civil war was declared after their flight to Lianfu to rescue the national government captive leader. Chiang Kai-Sheks wife and Dr Soong arrived at Marshall Chang Hsueh-Liangs rebel stronghold as telegraphs sent from Nanking urged cessation of hostilities.
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Associated Press
Nanking
China
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
T. V. Soong
Lianfu
Chiang
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Dr. Soong
Woman Shot in Drinking Brawl in Logan
Witnesses testified at a coroner’s inquest that Elsie Dacus, 32, was shot during a drinking party incident after former Police Chief Elliott Mitchell followed her into a room. Mitchell, charged by the jury as a person of unknown involvement, allegedly fired the shots. two men were jailed briefly but released. Dacus had been employed as housekeeper for Mitchell and his son.
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Logan
Elsie Dacus
Nolice
Elliott Mitchel
Ae Dee Rater
Mitchell
Godby
Barker
Cloudy Skies Forecast for Christmas Across U.S.
A weather forecast said Christmas would be cloudy with no snow in most of the eastern United States. Only the Ohio Valley and northern border were expected to have a white Christmas. Temperatures are rising, likely melting existing snow.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Ohio Valley
The
Weather Bureau
Prosperity Sunday School Plans Christmas Program and Play
Officers of the Prosperity Baptist Sunday school prepare a Christmas program for about 150 children at 7:30. Superintendent Thurman Lund says Santa will distribute gifts. The event features a pageant titled The Christmas Story with carols and a two act comedy Grassville Limited.
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Prosperity Baptist Sunday School
Santa Claus
Thurman
Lund
Grassville Limited
Two Boys Suffer Injury in Fall
Two persons were injured by falling and admitted to Beckley hospital. Julian Little, 19, miner of Amigo, arrived about 10 a.m. with a wrist injury from falling on ice. Charlie Evans, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Evans of Cirtsville, fractured his left elbow after falling from a pole at home yesterday.
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Beckleyospital
Julian Little
Amigo
Charlies Evans
W. P. Evans
Cirtsville
Plane report proves false near Saint George Utah
Los Angeles Western Air officials said the report of a lost transport making a forced landing 12 miles northwest of Saint George Utah on December 15 proved unfounded. M D Talley a Los Angeles turkey buyer misidentified a searching plane piloted by Jimmy James as the missing transport.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Western Air Express
Saint George
Utah
M. D. Talley
Jimmy James
Western Air
Prices Rising on the Stock Market
New York stock market proceedings showed gains of fractions to a point for Bethlehem Steel U S Steel American Telephone Western Union Chrysler and General Electric. DuPont stood lower by more than a point.
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Associated Press
New York
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Western Union
Chrysler
General Electric
DuPont
Soviet Blames Spanish Fascists for Ship Sinking
Moscow officials charged that the Russian motorship Konsomol was set afire and sunk by Spanish Fascists after a Monday attack. The government seeks the fate of the crew who have been unheard from since the incident.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Konsomol
Senator Simeon D. Fess Dies in Capital Hotel
Former Ohio senator Simeon D. Fess died of a heart attack in a Washington hotel at age 75. He had arrived from Ohio earlier in the week and collapsed while speaking on the telephone. Fess served 10 years in the House and two Senate terms, chaired the Republican National Committee, and delivered Hoover’s 1928 keynote. He blamed his 1934 defeat on New Deal policies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Fess
Charles S. Fess
Capital
House
Senate
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
Margaret L. Walsh
Samuel Baker
Vic Donahay
Congressional Library
500 Toys Given At Christmas Fete In Memorial Building
Ted McDowell and helpers concluded a morning toy drive presenting 500 toys to invited children at the Memorial building. The Post-Herald and community groups organized the tree display and 1,500 toys, with welfare tickets guiding distribution. Over 11 a.m. the line stretched from the stage door as families awaited gifts, with 300 colored children expected tomorrow and others to receive later delivery.
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Santa Claus
Ted McDowell
Post-Herald
Mabscott
Toy Fund
McDowell
Welfare Office
American Legion Auxiliary
Sons of the American Legion
WPA Christmas Payroll Surpasses 1 1/2 Million Statewide
WPA Administrator F W McCullough announced a 1 580 000 Christmas payroll covering 79 000 checks to WPA workers statewide over two weeks before Christmas. Sewing room workers make stuffed toys and donate scraps to aid needy children while the commodity distribution project provides 110 000 garments from 143 sewing rooms.
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WPA
F. W. McCullough
Department of Public Assistance
Bluefield Man To Head Society In West Virginia
Huntington selection as site for the annual meeting on April 10 was announced after the board of directors renominated Edwin C. Wade of Bluefield for the presidency of the West Virginia chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Officiating officers named include E. G. Smith Clarksburg first vice president Robert L. Archer Huntington second vice president Franklin L. Burdette Huntington secretary B B Burns Huntington treasurer W Guy Tetrick Clarksburg registrar Frank L. Burdette Huntington historian Rev P Y De Bolt Huntington chaplain J Horner Davis Clarksburg national trustee. Five men were named to the board of managers C C Harrold Huntington George W Tavenner and Charles E Lutley Clarksburg Harry F Porter Binet Cla and Robert Rhodes Davis Clarksburg.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Edwin C. Wade
Bluefield
West Virginia
The
Sons of the American Revolution
E. G. Smith
Clarksburg
Robert L. Archer
Franklin L. Burdette
B. B. Burns
W. Guy Tetrick
Frank L. Burdette
P. Y. de Bolt
J. Horner Davis
C. C. Harrold
George W. Tavenner
Charles E. Lutley
Harry F. Porter
Binet Cla
Robert Rhodes Davis
Holiday begins hot coal girl dies of burns
Betty Tyson a 23 year old Black woman from Hot Coal died at a local hospital about 1 pm today from burns suffered Monday evening. She was burned about the chest neck and chin and told doctors her clothes caught fire near an open flame. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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Betty Tyson
Minister Urges Boys Work Aid in Beckley
Rev. Ross Culpepper told the Kiwanis club a full time boys worker is needed in Beckley to lead youths in scouting and healthy activities. As assistant scoutmaster of Troop 66 sponsored by Kiwanis, he cited four months of work and urged more boys' work in the absence of a YMCA to shape healthy future Beckley citizens.
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Beckley
Ross Culpepper
Kiwanis Club
Culpepper
Provisional 3000 Kids To Work On Farms In Spring
More than 25 Raleigh county schools begin 7 day Christmas vacation today to allow about 3000 pupils to leave early in spring for farm work. Schools reopen December 28 instead of January 4, as urban districts do, enabling shortened holiday.
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Raleigh County
George Parker
Parker
Richmond
Harris
Meadows
Pluto
Bragg
Abraham
Plumley Mountain
Fish Hawk
Irish Mountain
Richmond Falls
Jackson Bragg
Freezeland Mt
Hogan
Brooklyn
Hamlet
Caperton
Egeria
Slab Fork
Maple Meadows
McDonald
Trap Hill
Shady Spring
Tilden
Low Gap
Williams
Grand View
Fitzpatrick
Cleveland
Crab Orchard
Mabscott
White Oak
Clear Fork
Divorces Filed by McManawahs and Phippses
Suits for divorce filed with the circuit clerk today between Ned McManawah and Margaret McManawah and between Neil Phipps and Oakley Phipps.
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Ned McManawah
Margaret McManawah
Neil Phipps
Oakley Phipps
Ham and Fixin's Ordered For Convicts Yule Dinner
Prison inmates in the county jail will receive ham and fixins for Christmas dinner as Sheriff C C Lewis promises a hearty meal. Jailer Okey Mills notes last year’s turkey was replaced by ham and vegetables with dessert. Gifts from home arrive for many prisoners though all inmates will remain in the jail, not paroled, on Christmas day.
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C. C. Lewis
Okey Mills
Mills
United States
Alabama
Widow slain in Wheeling beer garden shooting
John Bries reports two men robbed slot machines and opened fire in a south Wheeling beer garden killing his wife, mother of five. Police recover one stolen slot machine and about $15 missing. District Attorney MaKee offers a $1000 reward for the slayers.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
South Wheeling
John Bries
Bries
Don MaKee
Miners Achieve 100 Percent First Aid Record
About 637 miners at Winding Gulf Collieries earned first-aid certification after a training session led by Foreman L L Fleshman. The program aims to keep every employee at 100 percent first-aiders as new workers join. The New River company recently trained 4,700 miners, with similar courses at Sterling Smokeless Coal in Whitby.
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Winding Gulf
L. L. Fleshman
Bureau of Mines
New River Company
State Department of Mines
Sterling Smokeless Coal Company
Whitby
Miners Get Safety Calendars From New River Co
New River company mines distribute 12 page monthly safety calendars to all employees. Each page features a cartoon of safety rules and consequences of inattention. A calendar is sent to every home in company towns to encourage family awareness of accident prevention. Edward Graff leads the safety department's campaign to reduce accidents.
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Associated Press
Mount Hope
New River Company
Edward Graff
The
Weather Update Beckley Prevailing Conditions
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with a slowly rising temperature. Beckley records show a high of 37 degrees yesterday and a low of 9 degrees.
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Beckley
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