West Virginia proclaims new NRA code measure for state
Charleston December 24 The Associated Press reports F Witcher McCullough NRA compliance director announces a proposed West Virginia Industrial Recovery Act to run two years replacing the June 1935 expiration of the national act It seeks to adopt codes of fair competition tailored to state conditions with hearings before the governor or a state agency and allows approval for trades or industries by representative groups without creating monopolies The draft also aims to improve labor standards rehabilitation industry promotion and natural resource conservation, with further details to be carried on page 3.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
F. Witcher McCullough
NRA
McCullough
Funeral for Mrs Lida Lilly Planned at Glen Hedrick
Funeral services will be held at Glen Hedrick church next Wednesday at 1 30 PM by Rev W S Overstreet for Mrs Lida Lilly 32 who died yesterday in her mother's home after drinking strychnine Burial under Caffee undertakers in a Dunns Mercer county cemetery Survived by her mother one son Arnett Lilly Jr and brothers Lace Calloway Emory Chester Carmie Pettry all of Glen Hedrick The death follows a prior attempted overdose of mercury tablets and the family cites her grief since her husband’s death nine years ago.
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Glen Hedrick
W. S. Overstreet
East Beckley
Lida Lilly
Dunns
Mercer County
Virginia Pettry
L. A. Green
Green
Lilly
Arnett Lilly, Jr
Lace Pettry
Calloway Heights
Emory Pettry
Blue Jay
Chester Pettry
Tom Pettry
Carmie Pettry
Register Force To Observe Christmas
The Raleigh Register will not publish tomorrow for Christmas as the force takes a vacation, continuing a multi year custom. The paper resumes on Wednesday afternoon and wishes readers a merry Christmas.
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Raleigh Register
Register
Government to Publish Relief Emergency Law
Washington December 24 The emergency council will publish a loose leaf gazette to guide citizens on government aid and how to apply It aims to answer Supreme Court criticism by providing accessible information with executive orders and authorities Five thousand copies will be printed for distribution to government offices city county officials and Red Cross chapters The plan ensures the public can easily locate the proper authority for relief requests such as farm loan aid via local Red Cross chapters or designated officials
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Associated Press
Washington
Emergency Council
Supreme Court
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Woman Found Dead on Norfolk and Western Train
Mrs Ar mand Hecht of 821 Arlington Avenue Bristol was found dead in a Pullman wash room on Norfolk and Western Train No 42 upon arrival at Roanoke at 1250 am. Coroner says death appeared self inflicted. official report due tomorrow. Husband reported discovering her with a towel tied to a coat hook. Hecht, 32, was questioned but not detained. Body held pending coroner’s report. Police say couple traveling from Bristol to Johns Hopkins Baltimore for mental examination.
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Associated Press
Roanoke
Armand Hecht
Arlington Avenue
Bristol
Norfolk and Western
Charles M. Irvin
E. G. Laughan
H. C. Hamblin
Hecht
Laughan
Hamblins
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Coroner Jury Rules Natural Causes in Whitby Death
A coroner's jury found Granville Jones a 62 year old Whitby farmer died of heart ailment while sitting by a fire, his clothes catching fire and burning his body. The body was found in a double house this morning after he left home yesterday afternoon.
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Granville Jones
Whitby
Squire Zach A. Petty
Jones
Wash Markwick
Two Youths Held In County Jail
James Dixon and Herman Milton both 18 of Crab Orchard are in the county jail awaiting a hearing on charges of robbing Wade Lovell, driver of a Kester Dry Cleaner truck, of 70 dollars yesterday. Lovell swore out a robbery warrant saying the money vanished while he and the youths pushed the stalled truck to a Crab Orchard filling station. Constable John McDowell arrested Dixon and Milton. both deny the theft.
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James Dixon
Herman Milton
Crab Orchard
Wade Lovell
Kester
Lovell
Dixon
Milton
John McDowell
Roosevelt to Deliver Christmas Radio Address
President Roosevelt will speak to the nation over the radio tonight at 5 p m est delivering season greetings. The capital Christmas tree lighting marked the Yuletide observance with thousands of government workers enjoying a half holiday today and most departments closed tomorrow except the post office. The navy and army prepared final trimmings for the Yule dinner as the fleet steamed to home ports where feasible.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Arry
Navy
Pope Warns Of Impending War In Christmas Address
Vatican City December 24 Pope Pius urged prayer and action for peace in his Christmas address to the Curia of Cardinals warning that the clamor of war spreads further and that nations may harden toward a homicidal mania. He said a divine chant for peace resounds as heavens praise a tranquil world and prayed to destroy those who wish war while favoring peace.
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Associated Press
Vatican City
Pius
Curia” of Cardinals
Leaders Of NRA Send Greetings
Washington December 24 The latest incident about Donald Richberg and Hugh S Johnson over a planned series of magazine articles by the former NRA head was ended by an exchange of Christmas greetings Richberg director of the National Emergency Council said he would hold the Saturday Evening Post legally responsible if it published anything harming his reputation Richberg said General Johnson telegraphed him there was nothing personal or scurrilous in his book and wished a Merry Christmas I reciprocated his holiday greetings I trust this will terminate the incident.
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Associated Press
Washington
Donald R. Richberg
Hugh S. Johnson
Richberg
National Emergency Council
Saturday Evening Post
Johnson
Lewis says coal code must be followed to prevent collapse
John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Workers, warned in Washington that most of the bituminous coal code’s price structure would hold if operators stop chiseling and show leadership. He called for strict compliance as proposed amendments to strengthen the code are reviewed by an operators committee for the NRA.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Reserve Board Defends Rate Cut Authority
Mariner S. Eccles, new Federal Reserve Board chairman, rejects Senator Carter Glass's claim that the board usurped congressional power by cutting interest rates. He says the board acted within its legal rights in reducing maximum time-deposit rates from 3 to 2.5 percent, countering Glass's criticism of New Deal advisers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carter Glass
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Mariner S. Eccles
New Dealer
New Deal
Glass
Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Georgia Man Killed By Jealous Husband
Dayton Ohio December 24 Chester Payne thirty of Savannah Georgia was shot and killed while writing a telegram in a telegraph office Lewis K Parker thirty eight surrendered to police Detective Inspector S E Yendes quoted Parker admitting he followed Payne to Dayton to kill him Parker charged Payne had broken up his home and run away with his wife
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Associated Press
Dayton
Ohio
Chester Payne
Savannah
Lewis K. Parker
S. E. Yendes
Parker
Payne
Oak Hill Methodist church raises Christmas gift to debt payoff
The Oak Hill Methodist Episcopal Church South reports a Christmas gift of 6,376 dollars to discharge its 33,000 dollar building debt. Rev E Hampton Barnett says the offering included 1,500 dollars in cash with the rest in cancelled bonds bought by contributors, presented at yesterday morning services after weeks of stewards’ effort.
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Oak Hill Methodist Episcopal Church
South
E. Hampton Barnett
Beheler Rites This Afternoon
Funeral services will be held at 3 PM at Jumping Branch Baptist Church for B. F. Beheler 80 who died yesterday at his daughter's home in Princewick. Burial in family cemetery. He was a farmer known as the bee keeper. Surviving: daughters Mrs. Wynn Princewick and Mrs. Inez Wilcox Pulaski Ohio, son Z A Beheler Pulaski, sisters Mrs. Ida Cooper Barboursville Mrs. Emma Guthrie Huntington, brother George Beheler Burnside.
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Jumping Branch
B. F. Beheler
J. T. Wynn
Princewick
Rose
Rocky Mount
Wynn
Inez Wilcox
Pulaski
Ohio
Z. A. Beheler
Ida Cooper
Barboursville
Emma Guthrie
Huntington
George Beheler
Burnside
Bethlehem observances as thousands throng for Christmas
Thousands of pilgrims from many denominations fill Bethlehem and nearby Jerusalem for Christmas Eve services marking the birth of Jesus. Cars bring visitors from eight miles away as carols and bells echo through the sub tropical town. Midnight services in the Church of the Nativity mark the climax of observances.
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Associated Press
Bethlehem
Palestine
Jesus Christ
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Churches Observing Christmas Tomorrow in Beckley
Beckley churches plan Christmas observances with St Stephens Episcopal and St Francis de Sales Catholic churches offering programs. St Stephens will host midnight service of sacred compositions and a brief sermon by Rev. W. P. Chriman. St Francis de Sales will celebrate midnight Mass by Father John Halpin and conduct two additional masses tomorrow.
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Beckley
St. Stephens Episcopal
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
St. Stephens
W. P. Chriman
St. Francis de Sales Church
John Halpin
New Deal Fails Ward Contends
A Methodist Federation survey led by Dr. Harry F. Ward of Union Theological Seminary argues the New Deal has failed the forgotten man. It claims only ten percent of heavy federal spending reached the average citizen while bankers and business leaders gained most. The report says the New Deal lowered living standards and created artificial shortages benefiting banks and industries.
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Associated Press
New York
Methodist Federation of Social Service
Harry F. Ward
Union Theological Seminary
Columbia University
Fast Trains In Delaware Crash Kills Crews. 14 Injured
Two New York Central fast trains collided two and a half miles northeast of Delaware City Ohio early yesterday. Three locomotive crew members were killed and fourteen railroad employees and passengers injured. Hundreds of people visited the site amid the investigation and coverage.
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Associated Press
Delaware, O
New York Central
Here
Plane Crashes Darken Holiday Scene Across West
A wave of Christmas travel disasters claims 38 lives and injures many as planes and trains collide and fog shrouds routes. In Ventura California a plane crashed in flames in a ravine. Elko Nevada a pilot and two children vanish in fog and snow. Pittsburgh sees a family tragedy as a mother commits suicide after shooting relatives. Delaware Ohio reports three crew members killed in a crash of two fast trains. Elmer Hunt dies in a fog-bound car plunge in Wilmington California. The Eshon family perishes in Medora Indiana after a train strikes their car. A bus crash in Pittsburgh kills four travellers. Dun kirk New York sees a sister found slain after a family tragedy.
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Ventura
Cal
Elko
Nevada
Pittsburgh
Kathryn Schoch
Dunkirk
N. Y
Medora
Ind
Robert M. Eshon
Delaware
Ohio
Mrs Roosevelt Tops List Of Outstanding Women
New Rochelle N Y December 24 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt heads Miss Carrie Chapman Catts list of ten outstanding women of the year cited as clearly the most outstanding woman of the year perhaps the most outstanding this country has produced Other names on the list include Frances Perkins Ruth Bryan Owen Ruth Pratt August Belmont Catherine Courtney Marjorie Corbett Ashby and Fannie Brin among others noted for welfare and world peace efforts
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Associated Press
New Rochelle
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Carrie Chapman Catt
International Women’s Suffrage Alliance
Miss Catt
Frances Perkins
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
Harry Harriman Rumsey
Consumers Advisory Board
The
Caroline O'Day
New York
Ruth Pratt
National Committee
August Belmont
Catherine Courtney
England
Marjorie Corbett Ashby
Women’s Suffrage Alliance
Fannie Brin
Minneapolis
Council of Jewish Women
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Pope
Curia of Cardinals
Okeh
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Eccles
Georgia
M. E. Church
Oak Hill
Beheler
Christ
Ward
West
Wilmington
Elmer R. Hunt
Hunt
Mrs. Roosevelt
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L. A. Mauck
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