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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
10
A fragmentary note recounts Hel ga and a sailor dolls from Santa's toy shop traveling in a toy boat with the Queen aboard. They head toward a squirrel village where they hope to leave a youngster with his parent.
Helga wishes to help Santa and regains regular size, while a sailor and squirrels receive a silver watch-chain acorn gift. The Fairy Queen transforms the acorn into a watch-fob gift for Santa, and Helga and the Sailor part with promises to return at Christmas. The tale ends with the hope of future visits.
Funeral services for Miss Indus Hill are set for today at 2 30 p m at Central Street Church East Beckley Rev S A Ambram pastor in charge burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Cemetery Surviving relatives include mother Mrs Hattie Hill daughter Bernita Dickerson and sister Miss Bernice Hill all of East Beckley.
A dense radio schedule lists NBC and NBC Blue network programs across East Midwest and Pacific regions, naming shows like Amos n Andy, Jack Armstrong, Rudy Vallee Hour, and Cary programs, with station tags and times. The entry notes extensive network details, regional station groups, and multiple time blocks across both networks.
HUNTINGTON The gallows trapdoor at the state penitentiary will swing on March 21 for three ex convicts who kidnapped the aged Dr James J Seder. Arnett A Booth 46 convulsed by abdominal pains listened as Judge H Clay Warth outlined the abduction and death of the 75 year old former minister found near an abandoned coal mine after being kidnapped November 1 and dying four days later. John Travis 25 and Orville Adkins 24 wept softly as Judge Worth pronounced Booths death sentence. The defendants familiares attended with their families and supporters as the court spoke.
The agricultural department reports that the average American family in a village lived on about $1,100 in 1936.
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