Three Motherless Children Face Toyless Christmas
In Raleigh County West Virginia a school principal recounts how three motherless children a girl aged 11 and two boys ages seven and nine stole gifts from Massey’s store in Sundial to give themselves a Christmas. The family’s father works nights in a coal mine and the merchant agreed not to prosecute after the children returned the items and the father signed a note for $200.
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Mt. View
George Chambers
Chambers
Massey
Mney
Once Upon A Time Parole Violator Returns To Jail
Vance Ray, freed after serving in federal prison for an illegal whiskey still, was paroled with monthly reports. He says he reported eight months after release, then stopped believing his term was over. After years at liberty, he was arrested and placed back in county jail for parole violation. His last contact with authorities was in 1933.
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Vance Ray
Ray
Chillicothe
Lewis Charges G M Evasive Over Bargaining
Washington DC March 12 1937 Lewis head of the committee for industrial organization accuses General Motors of evading its responsibility to bargain collectively with the United Automobile Workers after a conference with Homer Martin A F L president and GM VP William Knudsen Martin urged a formal collective bargaining conference while Knudsen urged grievances be taken to plant managers and Lewis called the response unsatisfactory
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Homer Martin
Automobile Workers
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
Lewis
Knudsen
Martin
Teachers Rally to Help Children in Need at Christmas
Chambers recounts strict guidance to pupils to treat disadvantaged children with dignity. A sobbing boy spoke of missing gifts, while two women teachers and students united to provide Christmas for three siblings whose mother died and father works underground to support them.
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Chambers
Liquor Increase Brings No Crime in Oak Hill and Mount Hope
Oak Hill liquor stores report record sales and double capacity while holiday arrests run at a low. Mount Hope whiskey store shows full stock as sales soar. Mount Hope police note Yale season quiet after a period of calm.
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Register
Oak Hill
Mount Hope
Hotel Beaters High Officers Adrian Men In Los Angeles
Adrian Michigan Lenawee County officials cleared a hotel bill in Los Angeles with personal funds. Police Commissioner Arch T. Wilson said two Adrian men registered as Fred R. Segar and Le Von B. Kuney left without paying the bill while on official business. He noted Segar is sheriff and Kuney the county prosecutor.
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Associated Press
Adrian, Mich
Lenawee County
Los Angeles
Arch T. Wilson
Adrian
Fred R. Segar
le von B. Kuney
Segar
Kuney
Wilson
West Coast
Wheeling Foundry to Resume Operations Next Week
Wheeling Mold and Foundry announces its steel foundry idle since last spring will reopen Monday. About 200 workers will be recalled to full production as operations restart.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
Wheeling Mold and Foundry Company
Fisherman Hudson Nets Nine Bluefish with Mullet Bait
D S Hudson of Stuart Florida used mullet strips as bait to land nine bluefish, a notable catch reported from a local fishing effort.
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D. S. Hudson
Stuart, Fla
Holiday business up ten percent says Secretary Roper
Secretary Roper announced a "back-to-normal" holiday business rise, reporting a ten percent improvement over last year and the best performance since the boom years of 1928 and 1929.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roper
Religion Fails Wild Life Killer in Mason Texas
A man charged with violating state game laws was found with a doe meat and a turkey hen he claimed were taken after an accidental auto collision and a gobbler shot in self defense. He pleaded a Methodist faith, and a warden and justice answered in chorus. Fine and costs totaled 97 dollars.
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Associated Press
Mason
Tex
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Beckley
Raleigh County
W. VA
Sundial Toys
G-M
York Imperial
David Pennoch
Tangerines
Florida
Brazil
UNION
Carolina Fruit Market
Crab Orchard
Wheeling Foundry
Chiang Kai-shek
Wellesley
China
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chiang
C. L. Heaberlin & Co. Inc
General Insurance
C. L. Heaberlin
Platt H. Phipps
Franklin’s Dairy Stores
Els ST
Charleston
Huntington
Roanoke
Cincinnati, O
Baltimore, MD
Morgantown
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
W, VA
Raleigh County Bank Building
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