Mystery Man Basil Zaharoff Dies At 86 In Monte Carlo
Sir Basil Zaharoff once dubbed the mystery armaments dealer died at a Monte Carlo hotel at age 86. He built wealth in arms, shipbuilding, oil and banking and was linked with the Monte Carlo gambling concession though he reportedly did not gamble. His unadopted daughter Countess de Bourbon was at his bedside.
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Monte Carlo
Basil Zaharoff
Mystery Armaments
Europe
Basil
Countess de Bourbon
Sir Basil
Paris
Lloyd George
New York
United States
Zaharoff
Upper Nile
Athens
Vickers and Company
Greece
Mlle
Zoe Zaharoff
Mme
Sevasti
Leningrad
London
Oxford
Paris University
University of Paris
Oxford University
Holiday Cheer Elevates Market Heights
New York trading opened with cheer lifting the market as leaders gained fractionally. International Paper Power, Westinghouse rose about four points, while smaller issues such as Montgomery lagged behind.
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Associated Press
New York
International Paper and Power
Westinghouse
Montgomery
Baby Believed Choked to Death at Table Rock
An 18 month old girl, child of H. J. Kidwell or Helen, was found dead this morning as parents woke her. A doctor suspects accidental strangulation. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Table Rock with Rev. G W Powers officiating. She is survived by a two year old sister, Marie Beatrice.
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Constance Delores Kidwell
H. J. Kidwell
Helen
Table Rock
G. W. Powers
Marie Beatrice
Gauley Bridge Water Purification Efforts Discussed
G L Kelso sanitary engineer visited Gauley Bridge to discuss the unsafe water supply after two weeks of testing across all supplies. He met with community leaders to plan purification steps but reports no acceptance yet. FE Tisdale said Beckley notices covered multiple sources and no supporters have formally backed purification.
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G. L. Kelso
Public Health Training Center
Gauley Bridge
Kelso
Tisdale
Kiwanians Hear Local Preacher at Noon Luncheon
Kiwanis club members heard Rev C W Sydnor urge a motivated Thanksgiving with active aid to the Red Cross and steps toward forming a Beckley Y M C A. The club marks its fifteenth charter anniversary on December 15 at 5 45 p m.
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Kiwanis Club
C. W. Sydnor
Red Cross
Beckley
Madrid Flee Underground to Escape Death
Geneva urged League action against Germany and Italy under Article XI as Madrid begins tunneling cellars for refuge during weeks of shelling. Hundreds of refugees have died from asphyxiation in basements while spades are pressed into fortification work. In Valencia, 73 Americans wait to be evacuated aboard the U S Raleigh after a perilous embassy stay. Weather in Madrid improves but streets remain sparsely crowded.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Germany
Italy
League Council
Madrid
Valencia
Spain
U. S
Raleigh
Dillon Murder Trial Delayed
The trial of Mrs. Lula Dillon for the murder of a 25 year old divorcee waitress was postponed at the request of Prosecuting Attorney Clarence W. Meadows. Witness illness and a hospital connection were cited. The case was reset for January 14 with bond set at 10000 posted by family members.
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Lula Dillon
Clarence W. Meadows
Meadows
H. A. Taylor
Mullens Hospital
Harley M. Kilgore
Mrs. Dillon
W. V. Honaker
D. W. Miller
Crab -Orchard
Cecil Dillon
Rhodell
J. Q. Hutchinson
J. W. Maxwell
Fred Gordon
Kilgore
Dave Hendricks
Hendricks
Martha Ann Smith Dies at 80 in Lansing
Mrs Martha Ann Smith aged 80 died here yesterday from old age. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 30 PM in Lansing. She is survived by a daughter Mrs Laura Ellison and her husband Joel B Smith both of Lansing.
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Register
Lansing
Martha Ann Smith
Laura Ellison
Joel B. Smith
Christmas decorating funds in short supply stall plan
With only three days left before the deadline, the chamber of commerce sponsored Christmas decorating program faces a bleak outlook as only four merchants have contributed. The chamber offers 400 dollars to cover all street decorations, while earlier plans for a Christmas pageant failed after merchant turnout. E. E. Bibb led the earlier planning group, aiming to boost business cooperation and create a safer city Christmas ambiance.
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Chamber - Of-Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Oi
E. E. Bibb
Christ- Petsello
Court Calendar Reveals 08 Trials Set For December Session
Van Hunter announced trial dates for 08 cases at the upcoming circuit court session opening December 7. Forty-one are appeal cases scheduled for December 10. The docket lists 21 Judge Ward requested decisions on December 7, with 46 remaining including 27 damage suits, eight debt suits, six contract violations, two real estate disputes, two property condemnations by the state road commission, and one repossession action, detailing numerous parties and insurers across multiple dates December 10 to December 18.
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van Hunter
Circuit Court
C. M. Ward
State Road Commission
Macy Gee
A. M. Sizemore
Gary Lewis Wilburn
Minor
Walter Chessman
B. R. Pitzer
The
Glen Falls Insurance Company
Leontine Vass
Elsie J. Britt
Herman E. West
Gertrude FE. Duling
Fidelity and Casualty Company of
New York
Ester Farley
L. M. Rowe
E. H. Crouch Lumber Company
D. E. Johnston
E. L. Morrison
Burleson Motor Company
L. J
M. D. Farley
E. van Dorsey
Pacific Life Insurance Company of California
Angeline Scarbro
Dr. A. S. Abshire
George
J. R. Perdue
I. FE. Robinson
Andrew Perdue
I. E
Anheuser-Busch Corporation
Delcie Tyree
McMillan Land and Finance Company
C. P. Warren
Theodore Webb
Ernest Wallace
H. S. Black
Gulf Oil Corporation
Cecil B. Treadway
Lewis and Clay Furniture Company
Basil A. Vandal
Beulah Martin
George H. Smith
E. J. Bibb
Roosevelt Arrives in Rio and Is Cheered by Brazilians
President Franklin D Roosevelt lands in Rio de Janeiro on an inter American peace mission. He walks the gangplank to the Indianapolis massed bands play and Brazil’s Getulio Vargas welcomes him. Roosevelt tells Brazil’s congress that war must be banished and peace pursued.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brazil
Indianapolis
Getulio Vargas
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
New World
Hitch-Hikers Sought in Dollman Slaying Probe
State Troopers traced W Earl Dollman between Morgantown and Sutton and found his body in a blazing car ten miles below Sutton. They believe he may have picked up a hitchhiker en route to visit his parents over the holiday and aim to track the killer by any witness.
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Associated Press
Sutton
W. Earl Dollman
Charleston
C. L. Gum
J. B. Horne
Dollman
Gassaway
Morgantown
Seaton
Railroad Avenue Property Sold
Three real estate sales were recorded by the county clerk. A. J. Phillips paid Lilly Land company $60 for lot one in section ten, a triangular tract on Railroad avenue toward First avenue. Ella Davis Laing bought three quarters of an acre on Miller's camp branch near N J Beck elhimer from Susanne Kay MacKenzie of Lanark for $10 and other considerations. Asa Bailey and wife sold two and a half acres at the mouth of Toney branch in Clear Fork district to C P Simmons and wife for $1 and other considerations.
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A. J. Phillips
Lilly Land Company
Railroad Avenue
First Avenue
Ella Davis Laing
Miller's Camp Branch
N. J. Beckelhimer
Susanne Kay MacKenzie
Lanark
Asa Bailey
C. P. Simmons
Toney Branch
Clear Fork
Boy Freed From Dress Up As Girl
Six year old Charles Richard Clayton was released from his masquerade as a girl in Syracuse New York. He told a policeman I’m glad I’m a boy now and I don’t like to wear dresses. His mother Mrs John Clayton had given him the name Dolly and kept him in girl’s clothing since birth due to poverty.
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Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Charles Richard Clayton
John Clayton
Services Sunday for Mrs Coldwell in Fayetteville
Funeral services for Mrs Maud Brazie Coldwel 61 hotel proprietor will be held Sunday at the M E church in Fayetteville with Rev F Perry officiating. She is survived by two daughters Mrs Erskine Phillips of Fayetteville and Mrs Clauce Hill of Oak Hill and brothers including Mayor W H Brazie of Fayetteville and Charles Beabat.
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Register
Fayetteville
M. E. Church
Maud Brazie Coldwel
F. ©. Perry
Erskine Phillips
Clauce Hill
Oak Hill
W., H. Brazie
Charles Beabat
Ante
Russians Cheer Speech on War at All-Union Congress
Moscow I I Mazar, a leading Russian steel worker, told a cheering audience that Fascists are preparing to attack the Soviet Union and that steel is needed for the socialist fatherland. He spoke during the congress session discussing the new Russian constitution.
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Associated Press
Moscow
I. Mazar
Russia
All-Union Congress
Soviet Union
Tickled by Exoneration Holston Regrets 90 Day Sentence
Holly Holsten said he was tickled to death after being freed of murder charges in the killing of his hunting companion. He complained of a 90 day sentence for hunting without a license. The case involved allegations of multiple squirrels killed and a separate shooting incident.
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Holly Holsten
Hico
O. B. Harris
Corey Jarrell
Frank E. Lemon
Holsten
Lemon
E. W. Kessinger Dies at Maynor
Elmer W. Kessinger 71 a Monroe county farmer died late last night at the home of his daughter Mrs B L Williams at Maynor. Death due to age. Service by Rev Osbey Surface at St Johns church Union tomorrow afternoon with burial in the family cemetery. Body taken to Union today. Survived by widow Blanche and two sons Horace of Union and E W of Beckley. A brother Charles W. Kessinger of Union and sister Mrs Zilpha Crotty of Princeton.
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Elmer W. Kessinger
Monroe County
B. L. Williams
Maynor
Osbey
St. John's Church
Union
Blanche Kessinger
Horace Kessinger
Injured Doctor Returns From Trip In New Car
Dr. L. G. Houser came home from a ten day southern trip with a new automobile after a collision near Macon Georgia left him bruised. He traded his badly damaged coupe for a replacement and was aided by a Beckley insurance agent, reaching Beckley late on Thanksgiving night after a delayed dinner on the road.
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L. G. Houser
Southland
Beckley
Macon
Labor Leaders Back 30 Hour Week Plan
Tampa Florida, The American Federation of Labor backed a 30 hour week as the sole method to reduce unemployment. The convention ordered the AFL executive council to urge Congress to enact the 30 hour week into national law.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
American Federation of Labor Today
A. F. of L., Executive Council
Congress
Injured Nurse Returns to Office After Parkersburg Crash
Miss Helen Howell public health training nurse returned today with her mother and brother from Parkersburg after an automobile accident near Parkersburg last week. They stayed in a hospital there until early this week. Howell was taking them to Warm Springs Ga. when a truck crashed into them. She suffered a few painful injuries but was feeling well upon arrival.
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Helen Howell
Parkersburg
Janitor Captures Youth in Basement Robberies
An 11 year old youth was found in a automobile in the Cot tage apartments basement by a janitor who alerted police. He was taken to the city station and identified as wanted for several robberies at local five and ten cent stores with a companion.
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Cottage Apartments
Bill Trail
Greenbrier County indicts trio in murder cases
A Greenbrier County grand jury indicted 16-year-old George Tabscott for murder in the Stella Moody death after a car body was found with a back wound. Henry McClung testified seeing Tabscott flee. Virgil Lewis, 42, is charged with murdering his wife over $100 from turkey sales. Cecil Hines, 23, charged with driving the fatal car in Charmco. Trooper H C Locke injured in the incident.
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Associated Press
Lewisburg
Greenbrier County
George Tabscott
Stella Moody
N. L. Sidebottom
State Police
Henry McClung
Tabscott
Samuel Price
Virgil Lewis
Lewis
Cecil Hines
Renick
Annie Gladys Canfield
Charmco
H. C. Locke
Hoffman Regrets Hauptmann Death
New York Governor Harold G. Hoffman, eight months after Hauptmann's electrocution for the Lindbergh kidnapping, expresses regret and says the crime may not be fully solved. He notes no desire to shield Hauptmann but believes justice was hampered by his death and hopes the case will eventually be cleared.
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Associated Press
New York
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Urges Speed in Returning Cards
Postmaster John T. Hollandsworth Jr. of Beckley urges rapid return of about 3,500 social security forms. Workers must fill and return them by December 5 to enable copying and delivery to Washington before the Christmas rush.
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S.S
John T. Hollandsworth, Jr
Beckley Post Office
Hollandsworth
Washington
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