Best Surgeons Struggle To Save Blast Victims In West Virginia
In Powellton a boiler blast from the Elkhorn Piney Coal Co. mine killed 16 and injured 42 others. Surgeons fought to save lives as the McDunn town reels, while a boiler inspector from Washington was awaited to determine the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Faron
Associated Press
Powellton
W. Va
Elkhorn Piney Coal Company
McDunn
Mger
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Pittspurgh
Kopper Coal Company
Elkhorn-Piney Company
Washington
Coal Valley
Montgomery
C. J. Stahl
Commerce Group For Radical Change In NRA Set-up
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States proposes removing tens of thousands of intra state businesses from NRA jurisdiction. It urges a new NRA law allowing interstate industry to fix its own rules. Congress returns January 3 amid renewed battles over collective bargaining and majority rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Blue Eagle
Chamber
World Naval Future Clouded By Uncertainty
Washington dispatch reports the imperial Japanese government preparing to announce the termination of the Washington naval treaty. Officials wonder if future ships will trigger a new arms race or if a fresh accord could be reached, as major navies face an uncertain outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GTON
Commissioners Of Revenue Get Salaries Fixed
The State Compensation Board in Richmond sets 1935 basic salaries and expenses for county commissioners of the revenue at 446 566 75 dollars. Two thirds paid by counties and one third by the state, with the state share reduced 15 percent. The board notes the total is 16 938 20 less than the 1933 basic total and allows appeals if dissatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Compensation Board
Richmond
E. R. Combs
Combs
the Revenue
Commonwealth
Tomorrow's Youth at the Palace Theatre Tonight
The Palace Theatre shows Tomorrow's Youth starring Dickie Moore with John Miljan and Martha Sleeper. Also on bill are Tailspin Tommy Mickey Mouse in Mickey Plays Papa and a Krazy Kat Cartoon Trapeze Artists. Saturday only features Fighting Trooper with Kermit Maynard in a James Oliver Curwood story set in the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theatre
Dickie Moore
John Miljan
Martha Sleeper
Tailspin Tommy
Mickey Mouse
Mickey
Papa
Kermit Maynard
Ken Maynard
the Palace
James Oliver Curwood
Great Northwest
Roy Gordons Crazy People revue at Capitol Theatre
Warner Bros presents Roy Gordons Crazy People revue with Laurel and Hardy film Babes In Toyland. Hal Darby Naomi Rudell Henry Brosius Elmer Browne Peggy and Peter Mathews Roy Cordon Ula Dean lead acts with The Mad Melodians of Music orchestra in a lively stage show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theatre
Roy Gordon
Insane Asylum
Hal Darby
Naomi Rudell
Harry Brosius
Elmer Browne
Harpo Marx
Browne
Peggy
Peter Mathews
Roy Cordon
Ula Dean
Personal and Social Mention of Berryville
Berryville Virginia social notes list Lieutenant and Mrs. Morton Annapolis as guests of Mrs. H. B. Harris. Numerous holiday gatherings include Mr. and Mrs. David Allen hosting guests from Front Royal Winchester Charles Town and Berryville and other households hosting relatives from Washington New York and Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Lieutenant
Morton Annapolis
H. B. Harris
David Allen
Front Royal
Winchester
Charles Town
Allen
Henry Reynolds
Washington
Blackburn Smith
T. 8
Crockett
Joseph F. Moore
Goodwin Williams
Tom Peyton
Bethesda
George Ashe
Newport
William Wysong
Charlestown
W. Va
Elizabeth Crawford
Clifford Luke
New York
Af Phillips Lee
Cockeysville
John B. Neill
Donald Neill
White Plains
N. Y
S. B. Crown
Percy Crown
Columbia
S. C
Albert, Malter
Fairfax Meade
Henry Kerfoot and Son
Washington, D. C
Frank Wray
Charles Churchman
Staunton
Nora Moore
Frank V. Tilford
Milton Valley
Catherine Page
Virginia Page
Wilmington
Del
T. Carter Page
Frank Tappan
Lydia Schroeder
Henry Schneider
Ruth Campbell
A.cummins
Careyswood
Compromise on Soldier Bonus Weighed by Admin Leaders
Washington December 28. Administration leaders in Congress study a possible bargain on the 2.2 billion soldier bonus as the issue nears action. They stress no White House hint and note no official position from the President while sentiment favors payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
White House
Flood of Bills Expected as Congress Opens
Washington report notes six days before the gavel falls 1,700 bills are prepared for introduction on opening day. Bills are arriving at about 200 per day, nearing the total 2,820 of the last Congress. Veterans say more newcomers are inexperienced in bill introduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New House
Congress
Novick Transfer Hosts Annual Employee Banquet
The Novick Transfer and Storage Company held its annual dinner at Tokus Inn on Saturday December 22. Attendees included company employees and guests such as J C Oakes E Larrick Mr Knight J Bowers M D Weaver P Arthur W C Deming who presided as toastmaster plus several executives from New York and Philadelphia offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novick Transfer and Storage Company
Tokus’ Inn
J. C. Oakes
E. Larrick
Mr. Knight
J. Bowers
M. D. Weaver
P. Arthur
W. C. Deming
J. W. Arthur
E. Buncutter
J. Woolfolk
H. H. Jennings
A. C. Halvosa
W. Cat
New York Terminal
Ben Stanley
New York
Fred Wetzel
Philadelphia
Rotarians Hear Talk On Porto Rican Customs
Winchester Rotary hears Professor H. W. Sanders of V. P. I. discuss Porto Rico customs and economy. He notes coffee as main livelihood, hurricane threats, and English in schools. Greetings arrive from Winchester England and Bologna Italy. visitors T. L. Chrisman Harry Lovett and L. O. Brumback attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club of
Winchester
England
Italy
D. J. Howard
H. W. Sanders
Sanders
Agricultural Educational Department of
Porto Rico
College of
United States
Winchester Rotary Club
Club of
Rotary Club
Bologna
Howard
T. L. Chrisman
Waynesboro
Harry Lovett
Staunton
L. O. Brumback
Babies Born Amid Missionary Refugee Flight
A group of fugitive missionaries arriving in Changsha from bandit threats announced two newborn Americans born in a Chinese village during their evacuation from Changzhek. The first birth was a girl to Mrs. Nettie Loomis Graham of Carbondale Pennsylvania and a son to Mrs. W. N. Wagner of Waterford Maine amid cannonading nearby.
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Changsha
Hunan
China
Changzhek
Nettie Loomis Graham
Carbondale
W. N. Wagner
Waterford
Midh
Changthek
Rev McLean Resigns to Take Call To Kanawha
A Winchester Presbytery special meeting is set for 2 PM Monday December 31 at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church. Topics include the dissolution of Rev J McLean’s pastoral relation with Bloomery and Slanesville, his dismissal to Kanawha Presbytery, home mission funds for Piney Ridge chapel, and the installation of Rev John C B McLaughlin at Shepherdstown and Kernesville West Virginia. Moderator will be Rev H H Leach of Shenandoah Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Presbytery
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
J. McLean
Bloomery
Slanesville
McLean
Kanawha
Home Mission Committee
Piney Ridge
John C. B. McLaughlin
Shepherdstown
Kearneysville
West Virja
H. H. Leach
Shenandoah Junction
W. Va
Geo C Dinges Buried Today in Stephens City
Funeral services for Geo C Dinges 69 were held at 2 pm from his Stephens City home conducted by Rev Snyder Alleman of Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial was in Rome Hill Cemetery with pallbearers P B Stickley J W Yeakle Melvin Miller E R Campbell A W Doggett Lloyd Painter. He had been an invalid for five years and leaves a widow and three half sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder Alleman
Trinity Lutheran Church
Stephens City
Pecege Cc. Dinges
Jesus
Savior
Rome Hill
Stephens Y
P. B. Stickley
J. W. Yeakle
Melvin Miller
E. R. Campbell
A. W. Doggett
Lloyd Painter
Dinges
Negroes Sing Spirituals for Clark Tuberculosis Fund
The Gift of War benefit concert by The Benefit Singers directed by Alma B Layton aims to aid tuberculosis work among colored people. Tickets are sold in Berryville and Winchester area stores with proceeds supporting education and control efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma B. Layton
Berryville
Shackleford
Berlin and
Harris Drug
H. G. Conner
Grover Carter
Boyce
Alma Layton
E. Jaquelin Smith
Agnes R. Page
Greenway
Glen Burch
Chapel District
Winchester
Frederick County
Russia Hopes for Better Trade With America
Russia seeks expanded economic cooperation with the United States and France as it presses industrial plans after the Kiroff assassination and terroristic plots. The void from canceled German contracts must be filled, while Britain remains the first trade partner though relations are uneasy, and Moscow eyes broader ties with friendlier powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Eacetain
France
Sergei Kiroff
Great Britain
Germany
Soviet Union
London
Young People Of Opequon Group To Meet Sunday
The Opequon Group of Presbyterian Church will hold its quarterly meeting at the Presbyterian Church in Kearns town Sunday evening at 7 30. A candle light service will feature a program by students home from college and others. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opequon
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church
Kernstown
Two More Die As Train Hits Car In Chicago Suburb
In Blue Island the International Limited of the Grand Trunk Line struck an automobile, killing Mrs. Mary Metzinger of Fargo North Dakota and Leona Metzinger, 19, while seriously injuring Leon Metzinger, 55. The train crew included engineer George Nye and conductor J. Ruple.
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Chicago
International Limited
Grand Trunk Line
Blue Island
Harvey
Mary Metzinger
Fargo
N. D
Leona Metzinger
Leon Metzinger
George Nye
J. Ruple
Battle Creek
Mich
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
Hetzinger
University of North Dakota
University
Service Sunday At Stine Chapel
The Rev. Allen Jones of the Opequon Group of Presbyterian Churches will preach at Stine's Chapel at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, just before Sunday school hour. The public is cordially invited to attend these services.
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Allen Jones
Opequon
Stine’s Chapel
More Dead Than Alive in Finchley Borough
In Finchley, London, a striking demographic note shows more residents buried than living, highlighting an aging or shrinking population trend within the borough bounds.
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Borough of
Finchley
London
Thare
Aljourn Foreman Laid To Rest In Tennessee County
Simple funeral services were held for Aljourn Foreman who died Tuesday at 11 am at his Gainesboro home. The Rev C H Anderson led rites at the residence and Ebenezer Christian church with interment in the nearby cemetery. Pallbearers were R L Smith E Emmart Holmes Pool H L Strother J M Clark and Smith Gard. Foreman, 60, survived by wife four sons and four daughters and a large family lineage including siblings and cousins in Virginia Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio and Maryland. He spent most of his life in Frederick and was a county parish farm superintendent.
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Gainesboro
C. H. Anderson
Assembly of God
Ebenezer Christian Church
R. L. Smith
E. Emmart
Holmes Pool
H. L. Strother
J. M. Clark
Smith Gard
Foreman
Walter
Loom
W. Va
Paul
Hetzel
Lorewood
Pearl
Gore
Julia Carper
Winchester
Frances
Beulah
James
Harrison
Lee
Clarence
Evert
Jerome
Warren
Ohio
John
Maryland
Bell Barr
Keyser
Frederick
Two States To Try Happel For Slaying Others
Missouri authorities must wait before they may prosecute John N. Happel, confessed slayer of two persons. He will be tried in Los Angeles first for the trunk slaying of his wife Rosabelle, then Missouri prosecutors may take him into court for the fatal shooting of Henry W. Meyer, a real estate man of St. James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Missouri
John N. Happel
Rosabelle
Henry W. Meyer
St. James
Science Unveils Prolactin Source Of Rooster Clack
At the AAAS meeting in Pittsburgh scientists report prolactin as the chemical behind broodiness and clucking in chickens. The discovery explains instinct and offers new insight into behavior and consciousness sources. The Carnegie Institution researchers Oscar Riddle Robert Bates and Ernest Lahr presented the findings from Cold Spring Harbor Lab New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Oscar Riddle
Robert W. Bates
Ernest L. Lahr
Carnegie Institution of Washington Station For Experimental Evolution
Cold Spring Harbor
N. Y
Reckless Driving Case Result From City Wreck
D L McIntire of Fairmont West Virginia faced a reckless driving charge after his vehicle struck Robert De Haven’s car in the south city area as slush from light snow covered the highway. He was ordered to pay costs and cover repairs to the other car. the De Haven charge was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. McIntire
Fairmont
W. Va
Robert DeHaven
DeHaven
Rates Proposed for Workmen's Compensation Insurance in Virginia
Aetna Life Insurance Company and other Virginia WC insurance carriers seek PSC approval to reduce base rates by 2.3 percent on new and renewal business with regional variations for Manufacturing 2.3 percent, Contracting 3.8 percent, and All Other 5.1 percent. New loss constants would be added to larger policies, capped so annual premium does not exceed 300 dollars. Public hearing set for February 6, 1935 in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Aetna Life Insurance Company
State Corporation Commission
Bureau of Insurance and Banking
State Office
Richmond
Workmen's Compensation Inspection Rating Bureau of Virginia
Broad- Grace Arcade
E. E. Cadmus
Naval Officer Found With Throat Slashed Near Residence
A naval officer is found with his throat cut in a vacant house next to Lieutenant Sheeman’s home. Mrs. Sheeman identifies the body. Police report the death may be self-inflicted or the result of foul play. Naval authorities have opened an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheeman
Dionne Quintuplets Reach Seven Months In Ont Hospital
The Dionne quintuplets turn seven months old today in Callander Ontario as they grow normal and healthy. The infants remain in their private hospital 100 yards from the family home, marking a milestone since their May 28 birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callander
Dionne
Yuletide Program At Jubilee Church
The Sunday School of the Church of the Brethren on the Front Royal road will present a Christmas season program at 7 30 next Tuesday. Frances Fahnestock will oversee a musical and literary program and all are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Jubilee
Front Royal Road
Frances Fahnestock
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Ener
Fairfax
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Loudoun
Fauquier Tree
Rockbridge Serene
Prince William
Stafford
Caroline
FU Hable
Hables Palace
Warner Bros
Capitol
Clarke County
Novick Transfer
Winchester Club
Geo. C. Dinges
Clark T
Gift of Voices
America
Stine Chapel
Ebenezer Church
Happel
Dionne Sisters
Jubilee Church
Youn Paty
Apply Star Office
Loudoun St
Main St
Cameron St
Wm. R. Willis
Thomas Jefferson Hotel
Amherst
Fred A. Robinson
Peoples Drug Store
Dera Ave
Woodstock
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