Death of Purvis hangman who was spared by slip
The hangman in the Will Purvis case died at his son's home aged 81. Purvis was hanged in Columbia Mississippi forty six years earlier after a noose slipped on him. Sheriff McGee who oversaw the execution later broken up a Kilrain bare knuckle fight. A second man confessed to the Purvis murder leading to the condemned man’s fate being reassessed.
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Otho Purvis
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McGee
John L. Sulao Kilrain
Japs To Stay In China Indefinitely
Tokyo January 31 Lieut Gen Seishiro Itagaki war minister told parliament Japan has made full preparations to station troops indefinitely over wide areas of China It was the first unqualified admission that Japan intends to maintain military forces in China for an indefinite period.
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Tokyo
Seishiro Itagaki
Japan
China
Falck Takes First Vacations in 23 Years at County Office
Milton S. Falck, clerk in the Lancaster County treasurer's office, spent his first two weeks of vacation in 23 years. After the initial week he returned to the office visiting colleagues.
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Lancaster
Milton S. Falck
New Gadget Convenient To Everyone
Pittsburgh January 31 A Carnegie Tech industrial design instructor Peter Mullermun introduces a modernistic one handed mailbox and traffic signal intended for urban use. The mailbox features a one hand drop and automatic letter release while the signal uses shape coded red and green frames to aid color blind drivers.
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Pittsburgh
Peter Mullermun
Carnegie Tech
Mul Iimunk
Local Virginia real estate listings mix Main Street storefronts
Berryville and nearby towns reveal multiple property ads including a 7 room house with 2 acres on Main Street. a Route 11 tourist home with 8 rooms and service station. a story brick with 14 rooms. a double house on Sharp Street. two story brick 8 rooms on Richards Avenue. a Kent Avenue double house. all prices ranging from 2 625 to 12 500.
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Berryville
Strasburg
Sharp Street
Virginia
Richards Avenue
Kent
SFO Shen Sk
Byrd says Virginia's debt share far exceeds benefits
Senator Byrd asserts Virginia's portion of the national debt is at least three times the permanent benefits from federal spending. He cites about 1 billion dollars of Virginia's share, critiques Governor Price's view of grants, and details tax payments and relief costs tied to wartime and postwar programs.
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Byrd
Washington
Jan
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Price
Richmond
Staunton
Reconstruction Corporation
Home Ean We Loan Corporation
Federal Bank Bank For Farm Loans
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United States
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CCC
Town In Giles Country Simply Running Itself
Newport Virginia a historic Giles County town at the foot of Gap Mountain is described as running itself since 1871 72 with no taxes mayor or governing body. Once a bustling mining and milling village with saloons distilleries and a later era fire the town now sustains a quiet civic life with modern churches schools and paved streets.
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Giles
Gap Mountain
Price Bank
Sinking Creek
Bangs
Christiansburg
Road Damage In State Slight
Richmond Virginia reports slight road damage so far this winter says C S Mullen chief engineer of the State Highway Department He warns a week long freeze after a rain could change the situation and notes past winters 1935 1936 showed more severe highway breakups with Henry G Shirley Highway Commissioner also commenting
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C. S. Mullen
State Highway Department
Virginia
Mullen
Henry G. Shirley
Little Syphilis In High Schools
Richmond report shows so few positives in Wassermann tests among high school seniors that the health bureau questions the program's value. Dr. C L Outland said 110 white and 110 negro students were tested with little yield. testing considered hardly worthwhile given cost. A separate item from Evanston describes a man awoken by police after being ticketed with a fishing pole through a window to rib him.
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Richmond
C. L. Outland
Richmond Public Schools
Wasserman
City Health Bureau
Evanston
Ill
William Zaiser
Public Budget Balance Call Voices Against Deficit
The speaker, noting Virginia developments in Staunton, argues that benefits from federal spending must match new debts and higher taxes. Eliminating waste could allow some federal contributions to continue while balancing the budget, but lump sum appropriations drive deficits and demand aroused public sentiment and full understanding of the facts.
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Virginia
Staunton
Washington
Dear Miss Chatfield: coping with a scolding mother
A reader asks how to handle a constant haranguing mother. The adviser suggests the daughter and her father collaborate to avoid interruptions and respond with calm, silent refusal, aiming to restore peace at home.
Family Dynamics and Sleep Solutions in Community Column
A reader laments a strict mother and calls for harmony in a home marked by discipline and hospitality. The piece contrasts unsociable behavior with warm family life and suggests welcoming friends. The column notes Miss Chatfield will answer suitable questions and Paula Zurek runs a 5 am to midnight wake service by phone.
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Caroline
Chicago
Paula Zurek
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