Million dollar subsistence village rises in Red House WV
Larry Allen reports on Red House West Virginia, a federal funded subsistence homestead project to rehabilitate unemployed residents. 162 cottages on one acre each, a 500 acre community farm, 1,127 acres of pastures and orchards, and a 2,200 acre site with a gas well. 1,000 families studied, 450 workers daily, plans for 40 year mortgage option after a year trial.
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Larry Allen
Winfield
W. Va
Kanawha River
Red House
West Virginia
Put- Dam County
Sys William
N. Boehler
State Relef
Relief Administration
Reedsville
Tygart’s Valley
Beehler
Interior Department
P. C. Rouzer
Homes In The Making For Jobless At Red House Project
West Virginia relief administration plans a subsistence homestead project at Red House with thirty small shops, a central community food plant, and factory-like housing built with mass production. Private capital is urged to join, using Detroit style methods to deliver modern, low-cost homes for moderate means. Rexford Tugwell is cited praising Kanawha valley prospects, and a nearby New York Central station may be added to serve the project.
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West Virginia Relief Administration
Beehler
Rexford G. Tugwell
United States
Kanawha Valley
New York Central Railroad
Red House
Warning On Counterfeit Bills To Maryland Merchants
Baltimore Secret Service chief agent Bart Bratton warned state wholesalers retailers and refreshment operators of counterfeit five and ten dollar notes circulating during the holiday period. He cited specific bills passed Christmas Eve and after and said more passers may appear on New Year’s Eve.
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Baltimore
Bart Bratton
U. S
Secret Service
Maryland
Bratton
Star of Films Dies at 47 in Mollywood
Lowell Sherman, film director and actor, died of pneumonia at a Mollywood hospital aged 47. He directed Mae West in She Done Him Wrong and Katharine Hepburn in Morning Glory. Born in San Francisco, he was educated in New York City public schools and had been directing an all color picture at Pathe Studio.
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Mollywood
Lowell Sherman
Sherman
Mae Weat
Katharine Hepburn
Pathe Studio
San Francisco
New York City
Visitors Replace Christmas Cheer in Bridgeport Home
Bridgeport residents hosted a holiday gathering with many neighbors and relatives in the Betts residence including Mrs Edna Bell Mrs William Ruch Mrs Clyde Harbaugh and daughter Vivian and others. A Christmas program featuring songs readings recitations and a puppet show was held at the local school Thursday afternoon.
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Bridgeport
George Betts
Edna Bell
William Ruch
Clyde Harbaugh
Vivian
Riggle‘men
Chas. Thomas
Titlow
Charles Swartz
Carl Thomas
Robert Negley
Catherine Neuhardt
George
Edgar
Clarence Thomas
Josephine Kitacot
Rosannah
Anna Catherine
Merle Deibert
Hoover
Barbara Beck
John Price
Julia
Millard Price
Larry
Ella Plummer
Wilmer Price
Brandenburg
Hagerstown
Big Pool
Clarence House
Lester Kizer
Clyde Stouffer
Baltimore
Harry Hastings
Paul Hull
and Mirs
Samuel Plummer
F. Berry Plumer
Elia Plummer
Ernest Patterson
Charles Spidle
Fashion pattern ad for a lace-up dress under coats
Bright colored dress pattern designed for youth and young women features a back lace detail, one piece sleeves joining with lacings, and a belt. Available in wool crepe or crepe silk in multiple colors with sizes 11 through 19. Pattern 506 costs 15 cents plus instruction to send name address and size.
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Bneath
Lacinga
Baltimore Police Decorated For Touhy Gang Captures
Baltimore police officers received high commendation badges from Governor Ritchie for capturing Touhy gang members Basil Banghart Isaac Costner Mrs Jessie Touhy and Mae Blalock earlier in the year. Detectives Feehly and Mintiens earned recognition for a gunfight capture of Robert Mais and Walter Legenza, later sentenced to death in Richmond. Banghart and Costner faces include lengthy federal prison terms.
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Baltimore
Touhy
Joseph Wallace
Oscar Lusby
Albert C. Ritchie
William Feehly
George Mintiens
Robert Mais
Walter Legenza
Richmond
Basil M. Bantkhart
Isaac Costner
Jessie Touhy
Mae Blalock
Banghart
Asheville
N. C
Costner
Four Confess To Robbery Of Store Near Martinsburg
Four of five youths arrested for robbing the store of William Avey near Martinsburg have confessed. Prosecutor Herbert Hansnis announced yesterday. Three were arrested in a Hancock house by Constable Charles Barnhart and other officers. all confessed except Bruce Bishop. The arrestees are Bruce Bishop 21, Clyde Bishop 17, Raymond Bishop 14, Cecil Bowers 18, and Charles Powell 15.
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William Avey
Martinsburg
Herbert
Hans Nis
Hancock
Charles Barnhart
Bruce Bishop
Clyde Bishop
Raymond Bishop
Cecil Bowers
Charles Powell
Mirith Cizek Returns After Christmas Crash
Mirith Cizek of this city connected with Burroughs-Adding Ma chine Co. was severely hurt in a Christmas Eve automobile crash. She sustained a fractured nose and cuts over the eye when a machine on the wrong side of the street collided head-on with her car while it stood waiting for a traffic light. She has returned to the city greatly improved and is working again.
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Mirith Cizek
Burroughs - Adding Machine Co
Altimore
Cizek
Reappointment Named to Baltimore Land Bank Board
Baltimore reappointment of David from Pylesville and Weaver of State College to the board of directors of the Baltimore Land Bank. K Doughton of Farm Credit Administration and chairman notes the directorship also serves as board directors for the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank and related entities. Eugene Bowers of Hagerstown Route 1 sustained a badly lacerated arm in a butcher accident near Beaver Creek and was treated at Washington County Hospital.
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Baltimore, Md
Tod
David
Pylesville
Weaver
Colle
Feral Land Bank
Eugene Bowers
Beaver Creek
Iington County Hospital
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