Ten Deaths From Autos This Month Reported
Two fatal crashes occurred this weekend with several others injured. Mrs. John E. Davis Jr. of Richmond died from early morning Petersburg Pike crash injuries and burns. her husband was seriously burned. Buster L. Shouse, 18, of South Coeburn drowned after his car went through a bridge railing into Guest River. An unidentified Richmond woman was killed crossing a street. An auto truck collision on Lee Highway near Pulaski injured two men, one seriously. Nationwide, over 100 deaths occurred from snow and rain related crashes. Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina and Virginia listed high totals.
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Richmond
Petersburg Pike
Buster L. Shouse
South Coeburn
Guest River
Lee Highway
Pulaski
C. W. Graham
Shawsville
J. D. Stearns
Dublin
Lebanon Church News and Local Visits Roundup
Local social notes from Lebanon Church Virginia detail visits and family news. Mr and Mrs Brain Hockman plus child visited relatives at Oak Grove. Birth of James Franklin Lindamood announced. Royal Neighbors elected officers and hosted a shower for a new bride. Lincoln notes report Postmaster General Farley sending thanks to Railway Commissioner Bollen and Vail after a Lincoln visit.
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Ruby Miller
Nina Lindamood
Mary F. Lindamood
Winchester
Grover Everly
Petersburg
W. Va
Mayme Miller
Lindamood
James Franklin Lindamood
Stella Orndorff
Laurel Hill
Olie Windle
James
Norman
Rozella Vance
Julian Snapp, Jr
Brucetown
Messrs
Price
Glenn Henderite
Adolphus Hockman
Walter Bowers
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Junior League of Lebanon Church School
Carson Carpenter
Eloise
Lucy Dinges
Ladies Aid Society
D. A. Glaize
Newton
Carson Shaffer
Shippensburg
Christs
Hinkle
Everly House
Cedar Creek
Marlboro
Royal Neighbors of America
Vernon McDonald
Lincoln, Neb
Floyd L. Bollen
Railway Commission
Edwin Vail
James A. Farley
Lincoln
Bollen
Vail
Will Rogers' Humorous Story
Will Rogers shares a joke about a Pennsylvanian Jones family who moved west to Hollywood. Walter Futters of Futter Productions is described as a hard working movie cutter and hustling producer in Berlin and Culver City.
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Walter Futter
Futter Productions Co
Walter
Goldwyn’s
Culver City
Berlin
Pennsylvania
Jones
Tom
Hollywood
Jack
William
Mary
Sam
American News Features, Inc
Front Royal Boys Enlist in U S Army
The local recruiting office reports three Front Royal youths Hubert F. Robinson Roland T. McGovern and Charles R. Beaty enlisted this week. All join the Twelfth Infantry at Fort Washington Md and have been sent there for duty. Openings remain in Hawaii Panama the Philippines and the United States.
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Army
Front Royal
Hubert F. Robinson
Roland T. McGovern
Charles R. Beaty
Twelfth Infantry
Fort Washington
Hawaii
Panama
Philippines
Unite States
Louisville man released after bond issue delays
Indianapolis police reported 55 year old Louisville resident Sam Manford arrested last May on a theft charge could not raise a 2500 dollar bond. Jail officials failed to list him for the criminal court proceedings. The judge ordered his release after seven months in jail and he left for Louisville immediately.
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Indianapolis
Sam Manford
Louisville
Manford
Heri
Extreme Weather Grips Nation Amid Blues of Cold and Snow
Across the country a severe multi day weather system brought heavy snow in the east and a freak southern cold wave. Three dead and over 2,000 homeless from the swollen river flood. Northwestern blizzard killed six and hid homes. Thaw ended an eight day chill in the south as temps warmed slowly.
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Atlanta
New Orleans
Bham
Memphis
Raleigh
Tampa
Utah
Idaho
Carey
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
Chicago
Mercury
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
New England
New York City
Faithful Barney Teeters Between Porch and Pews
In Weston West Virginia Barney a 12 year old mongrel and longtime companion of Monsignor Thomas E Quirk continues to guard the deserted rectory. Each Sunday he trots to the church across the road for mass time and neighbors say he keeps vigil on the porch.
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Weston
W. Va
Barney
Winchester Rainfall Report from Research Lab
The report shows present and past rainfall measures ending yesterday at 5 p.m. with none reported. Year to date totals 48.34 inches, and the 24 year average monthly rainfall values are listed, yielding an annual average of 34.74 inches for Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Mission of Panay Was Peace
New York dispatch describes the Panay as a peaceful Yangtze patrol ship of 450 tons and 191 feet, armed with two 3-inch guns. Built in 1927, she guarded American shipping on the river, facing frequent clashes with Chinese irregulars and retreats as other Yangtze vessels were retired.
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New York
Coney Island
Yangtze
Shanghai
Panay
United States
Yangtzes
China
U. S. Navy
Japanese Home Minister Resigns Amid Ill Health
The government announced that Home Minister Eiichi Baba resigned due to ill health and Admiral Nobumasa Sugetsugu would succeed him. Prince Kimmochi Saionji also left his post as economic advisor to the imperial household at his own request because of his advanced age, aged 88.
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Tokyo
Eiichi Baba
Nobumasa Sugetsugu
Kimmochi Saionji
Imperial Household
Tax Plans Are To Be Overhauled
Senate finance chairman Harrison predicts Congress will overhaul the tax system by February 1 with House action first in January. A study panel weighs modest changes without repeal while some push for outright profits tax repeal. accord exists among top treasury officials and Roosevelt.
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Washington
Harrison
D-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Vinson
D-Ky
Roosevelt
Treasury
Subcommittee
Bonus Is Voted Drug Employees
Peoples Drug Stores Inc. announces a Christmas Eve salary dividend for regular employees below assistant store manager rank who have worked six months by December 1. Checks will be issued in the employees’ names and delivered by the store manager. Assistant managers and above already participate in an established bonus plan.
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Peoples Drug Stores, Inc
Two Virginians On Bombed Boat
Two Virginians were aboard ships bombed and sunk near Nanking China. J Hall Paxton of Danville second secretary of the U S embassy survived the Panay sinking. Hayden Vines of Roanoke Va was aboard a Standard Oil tanker sunk at the same time. Nine civilians were aboard the Panay at Shanghai and the fate of Vines was unclear. Three Americans were aboard a Standard Oil tanker: J W Pickering Cattus Ohio John B Sherwood McGraw NY Hayden Vines Roanoke Va.
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Richmond
Nanking
China
J. Hall Paxton
Dan Ville
United States
Hayden Vines
Roanoke
Sun
Paxton
U. S
Vines
J. W. Pickering
Cattus
Ohio
John B. Sherwood
McGraw
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