Death in tunnel spotlights Virginia rail workman
Clay Henry Stennett 42 a Virginian railway section foreman was killed when Virginian passenger train No 3 ran him over in the first tunnel east of Kegley. Coroner's jury to hear engine crew statements as investigation continues. He leaves a wife and seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Henry Stennett
Virginian
Kegley
Stennett
W. T. Bivens
Virginia
Charleston
T. C. Kelley
Charles Godby
Roanoke
Princeton
Price
Scarbro
Gott Undertaking Company
Franklin County
C. K. Gunter
Death of Stennett Near Rail Line Sparks Arson Case Links
A coroner’s inquest probes the death of Stennett found near railroad tracks in a Kegley area, amid a wider arson investigation into the Virginian station burnings on November 7, 1932. The inquiry considers foul play, self harm, illness, or accidental sleep on the rails, with witnesses including C. K. Gunter and others. Sheriff J C Fanning and prosecutors lead the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stennett
Kegley
C. K. Gunter
L. M. White
A. L. Taylor
G. E. Pattry
Young People’s Society Social Meeting at Park Avenue Home
The Young People’s Society of the Church of God on Strafey avenue holds its monthly social at Ray Stewart’s home at 511 Park Avenue. A business meeting will elect officers and appoint committees. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Society of the Church of God
Strafey Avenue
Ray Stewart
Park Avenue
Budget figures to be determined for Mc Dowell county
Welch West Virginia boards plan today to balance the budget amid legislative changes and new tax classifications. Assessor T W Edwards reports Mc Dowell's total taxable property at 65 990 170 with intangibles up 4 431 500 from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
T. W. Edwards
Edwards
Lew
Welch
Adkin
Big Creek
Browns Creek
Elkhorn
Northfork
Sandy River
Panther Lad Dies of Blood Poisoning
Alvery Fraely 93 year old son of Mr and Mrs J H Fraely of Panther died at Grace hospital from blood poisoning after a splinter injury to his left foot last Monday. He became delirious Friday night and was brought to the hospital Saturday. He is survived by his parents and a brother Hobart 4. The family moved to Panther four weeks ago from Belo West Virginia. Funeral arrangements expected today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvery Fraely
J. H. Fraely
Panther
Grace Hospital
Hobart
Belo
W. Va
Woman held in fatal Capels shooting over dance quarrel
Bessie Jones a colored woman is held after shooting and killing Frank Tapps a colored man in Capels on a road near a dance. Tapps was shot eight times with a German lugger after Tapps followed and argued with Jones who had taken his gun. Jones was found Sunday in Hemphill and is jailed for a preliminary hearing as an investigation by Leon V. Miller proceeds. Funeral rites will be held in Alabama for Tapps, who had relatives in the area. Also noted is a Sisterhood Bridge club meeting at 8 PM at Mrs Max Michaelson’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Jones
Frank Tapps
Capels
Tapps
Jones
Hemphill
Leon V. Miller
Alabama
Virginian Train Case To Be Heard At Beckley
Public service commission sets August 3 for a Beckley hearing on Virginian Railway company’s bid to discontinue trains 11 and 16 between Princeton Beckley and Fireco. The July 25 session was postponed at Bluefield Telegraph Printing company’s request, which protests the service cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
Beckley
Virginian Railway Company
Princeton
Fireco
Daily Telegraph Printing Company
Bluefield
Ernest Thompson Fined and Jailed in Ma toaka Case
Ernest Thompson, colored, was fined 37.65 and jailed thirty days by Magistrate E L Davidson for the theft. He also faced a 15.40 fine and ten days on another misdemeanor. Ernest Shrewsbury, accused of breaking and entering, was committed to jail by the same magistrate. Eight arrests for drunkenness and minor charges were made by city police over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Thompson
E. L. Davidson
Matoaka
Ernest Shrewsbury
Jal
Davidson
Liquor possession case with $500 bond set
Police Judge R. N. Vermillion imposed small fines and released the accused. Cliff Wood of Fifth Street posted $500 bond to appear before Magistrate D. T. Carr at ten this morning after three pints of liquor were found at his home by city police Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Vermillion
Cliff Wood
Fifth Street
D. T. Carr
Music by Royal Knight Aces at Lake Shawnee
On Friday August 4 from 9 30 to 1 30 at Lake Shawnee a music program features Royal Knight Aces performing. Admission is 49 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shawnee
Royal Knight Aces
Zoo in Budapest closes at Royal Theatre today
One of the year’s most unusual pictures stars Loretta Young and Gene Raymond in outstanding roles. The film offers a dramatic, sensational plot with a maniac loose in a zoo a child lost in a cage and a stampede of elephants, presented as a pictorial thrill.
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Budapest
Royal Theate
Loretta Young
Gene Raymond
Princeton chapter invites Beckley tea by Lee chapter
The Princeton chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy has received an invitation from the Robert E. Lee chapter of Beckley to a silver tea on Wednesday afternoon August 2 from 3 to 5 at the Presbyterian church in Beckley Iowa farmers operated 74,780 on the state's highways in 932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
United Daughters Confederacy
Robert E. Lee
Beckley
Presbyterian Church
Iowa
Welch Residents Return From Trips and Clinic Visits
Dr and Mrs G T Elping and son Harold return from Virginia Beach. Mrs George Barley and daughter Madeline come back from Ocean View. Mr and Mrs A W Stellar host J R Robinson of Rocky Mount. Burgess Tutwiler return from Chicago after Century of Progress. Several others travel or visit clinics in Welch and nearby towns.
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G. T. Elping
Harold Elping
City
Virginia Beach
George Barley
Madeline Barley
Ocean View
A. W. Stellar
J. R. Robinson
Rocky Mount
8S. M. Burgess
C. A. Tutwiler
Welch
Chicago
Fred Henritze
Harlan, Ky
T. F. Henritze
Court Street
Alec Durden
Stevens Clinic
Sundey
J. C. Hurt Jr
J. ¢. Hurt Sr
Bob Austin
Man Injured In Road Crash On Welch Maitland Road
Willie Goins of Elbert sustained injuries after the auto driven by him was forced off the Welch Maitland road by another vehicle Sunday night. The car struck a rock. a tire blew out and the vehicle crashed, turning onto its side. Goins required amputation of two fingers at Stevens Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch-Maitland
Willie Goins
Elbert
Stevens
Goins
Carter Heads Water Plant Group in City Committee
Gail T. Carner, a Welch erey council member, was chosen to head a new committee named by Mayor John W. Blakely to study a plan for a municipally owned water plant. The organizing meeting was held in the city hall with C. Frank Wright present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail T. Carner
Welcherey
John W. Blakely
C. Frank Wright
City Meeting To Organize Committee Postponed Again
The Monday meeting to form a committee under President Roosevelt’s recovery plan was postponed to later this week. City business men discuss the reemployment agreement but fear possible disastrous effects of full NIRA compliance. Criminal court resumes today with misdemeanor and appeal cases on the docket.
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Roosevelt
NIRA
Criminal Court
Princeton Personal Notices of local residents departures and visits
Mrs L W Swope and daughter left yesterday for Baltimore. Edward J Scully left for South Amboy after a visit. Mrs C W Fletcher is seriously ill in Athens. Dr W M Morrell and family motor to Pittsburgh to visit a son and expect to return Friday. Elizabeth Morrell returns with them. Mrs Bulis Smith and children returned from Pem broke. Virginia and Harriet Woolfolk return from Virginia Beach and other trips with companions. Dr R Hawley and son Duncan arrived from Richmond. Hawley leaves for Louisville. Frances Robertson visits Rural RetreatVA. Dr Rice returns home with his wife and two children after a visit in Wytheville. Ted Malcolm and daughters leave for Saltville to visit relatives. Myra Roberts and others spent Sunday with friends. Mr and Mrs P L Thompson and daughter Mariam Thompson return from Hines avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Swope
Baltimore
Edward J. Scully
South Amboy
N. J
C. W. Fletcher
Athens
W. M. Morrell
Jimmie Morrell
Rachel Morrell
Pittsburgh
William Morrell
Elizabeth Morrell
Bulis Smith
Smith
W. J. Fisher
Pembroke
Reynolds Avenue
Virginia
Harriet Woolfolk
Virginia Beach
Richmond
Orange
College Avenue
Hampton
Elizabeth DeJarnette
Josephine Hawley
R. Hawley
Duncan
Hawley
Louisville
Frances Robertson
Forest Street
Louise
Elizabeth Brown
D. C. Rice
Wytheville
Walter Browning
Rice
Ted Malcolm
Bettie Lou
Jane Darling
Saltville
Myra Roberts
Melville Bondurant
Mildred Roberts
Jane Pery
P. L. Thompson
Mariam Thompson
Hines Avenue
Memorial Funeral Home Burns Wornal Met
Memorial Funeral Home at 56 100 Thorn St offers funeral services and related arrangements. Burns Wornal is listed as a point of contact or entity associated with the address and phone line.
Funeral attendances and weekend visits in Washington and Charleston
Washington D C mourners attended the funeral of Mr Thomp son s sister Mrs Lewis Bowling Mrs Bertha Martin and Mrs W J Barton drove to Charleston Saturday for a weekend visit Mrs E B Cassell of Coaldale visited sister Mrs Early Robert on Forest Street Saturday Mr and Mrs Kenneth Buchanan of Bane Va were guests of Mr Buchanan s sister Mrs Early Robertson on Forest Street Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Thompson
Lewis Bowling
Bertha Martin
W. J. Barton
Charleston
E. EB. Cassell
Coaldale
Early Robert
Forest Street
Kenneth Buchanan
Bane
Buchanan
Early Robertson
Bluefield District C E Union Meets at Dudley Farm
Bluefield district C E Union held its monthly gathering Friday at the Dudley farm Bluefield Virginia with Bluefield Virginia society as hostess Around a camp fire officers led the business session E R Crotty Jr presiding Reports from societies covered recent activities and future plans An invitation was extended by First Presbyterian Bluefield WV for the next union program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
C. E. Union
Dudley Farm
E. R. Crotty Jr
First Presbyterian Church of
W. Va
Lucy Kate Pressley
Ruth Hughes
Crocket Hughes
Vera Fleshman
Doris Ruble
Myra Roberts Reese
Mildred Roberts
Louise Crotty
Melville Bondurant
James Perry
Mrs J H Banne Family Relocates To Oakland Md
Mrs J H Bane and family left Friday for Oakland Maryland to establish a new home. Mr Bane has held a post in Newberg West Virginia and Oakland over the past two years. The Banes have been active in local clubs and church work and served in church leadership roles. Jack and David Bane were in the graduating class with the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Banne
Oakland
Bakers Rally Past Boosters 3–2 In Ninth Inning Victory
Bluefield wins tenth straight as Averill and Bolen drive in two in the ninth to edge Princeton 3 to 2. Covey allowed three hits through eight, then walked the leadoff, with White and Coburn making notable plays and a dramatic foul-ball catch highlighted by Coburn.
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Bluefield Bakers
Princeton Boosters
Bakers
Covey
Princeton
Averill
Bolen
Bluefield
Hode White
Roosters
Snider
Coburn
Boosters
Garden Department Formed At Club Meeting In Appalachian Room
City recorder and police judge elected secretary. All council members Gail T. Sarter Sally Marchitelli Grover Johnson Sam Polon W. R. Keyser S. Curd and Judge FE attended. March 8 meeting aimed to organize a garden department. Mrs Mc Ginnis Hatfield named chairman. All interested invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail T. Sarter
Sally Marchitelli
Grover Johnson
Sam Polon
W. R. Keyser
Appalachian Community Room
Welch Kiwanis and McDowell Woman's Club Meet Today
A McDowell Woman's Club meeting is called for 2 30 this afternoon. The Welch Kiwanis Club holds a weekly gathering this evening at the Methodist church and all members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell Woman's Club
Welch Kiwanis Club
Methodist Church
Williams to Assume McDowell County Road Supervisor Post
J Harvey Williams of Welch will assume duties today as supervisor of McDowell county roads after a late Saturday appointment. A Democratic leader and civil and mining engineer, he has long been active in local politics and previously sought the party’s assessor nomination. Williams, native of McDowell, studied at Concord College and worked as engineer for Pocahontas Fuel and later as chief engineer for Leckie coal interests. He departed for Charleston to meet with state road commissioner E L Bailey to determine office location.
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J. Harvey Williams
Welch
McDowell County
Williams
Mr. Williams
Concord College
Athens
Welch Paragraphs Sends Girls to Camp Conley for Relief Aid
The story notes eighty girls depart by bus for Camp Conley near Point Pleasant for a two week stay at a state relief administration camp with no cost to families of unemployed workers. Boys will join after August 14. Two miners were injured over the weekend and treated at Grace hospital. Albert Lovelace of Premier Pocahontas Coal received a severe injury to his left hand at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Conley
Point Pleasant
State Relief Administration
Welch
Grace Hospital
Albert Lovelace
Premier
Pocahontas Oal Company
Carnival troupe hurt in Sunday crash near Oakvale
Four members of a Princeton carnival show were injured when their truck left the Princeton-Oakvale road at Oakvale and rolled several times. The driver veered into a cornfield and toppled a telephone pole. The injured were taken to Pearisburg hospital on the way to Pulaski for Cetlin-Wilson shows and the county fair. one man was seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnival Company
Princeton
State meet delegates hear reports and Kee address
Delegates at the state meeting hear reports from the membership committee and secretary Roy A. Cole and receive remarks from Perry Powell and Coffman. Congress man John Kee of Bluefield will address Wednesday afternoon. The convention will elect officers Thursday morning and choose the 1934 meeting location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffman
Jennings W. Hobson
Lions Club Quartet
Roy A. Cole
Montcalm
Perry Powell
National Funeral Directors’ Association
Sesson
John Kee
Bluefield
Ben 8 S. Johnson
Miner Loses Thumb After Car Accident At Work
Homer Breashears of Welch, an employee of Kingston Pocahontag Coal company, was caught between two mine cars Saturday night, resulting in the amputation of his left thumb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Breashears
Welch
Kingston-Pocahontag Coal Company
Sunday school class returns from Virginia Beach trip
Members of Wilson Anderson's Methodist church Sunday school class from Welch traveled to Virginia Beach. Sixteen boys accompanied by Mr. Anderson and Henry Barley rode in a truck and returned home yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Beach
Wilson Anderson
Methodist Church
Welch
Mr. Anderson
Henry Barley
Presbyterian boys plan camping trip to Justice
Members of the Presbyterian Boy Scout troop and Goodridge Sale Jr's Sunday school class from Presby terian church left Monday afternoon for Justice to camp for several days. The travelers include Milton Crisp Newton Harman Hubert Harman Norman Williams Alfred Steller Jr Roger Bright Charles Plemans Allen Leedy William Lameth Master Waldia Barnett 12 of Hemphill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Boy Scout Troop
Goodridge Sale Jr's
Presbyterian Church
Justice
Milton Crisp
Newton
Hubert Harman
Norman Williams
Alfred Steller Jr
Roger Bright
Charles Plemans
Allen Leedy
William Lameth
Colored man injured as auto wreck occurs near Hemphill Capela
One colored man was seriously hurt and two others escaped injury Saturday when the automobile they rode in plunged over a high embankment between Hemphill and Capela. Ben Hairston of Welch, the driver, received head and back injuries and is under treatment at Welch Emergency hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemphill
Capela
Ben Hairston
Welch
Welch Emergency Hospital
County Infirmary
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Henry Otennett
Africa
Congo
Rims
BY Ahern
Shanghai
Qood
Young People's Society
Welch, W. Va
Panther Lad
Unibge Club
Sisterhood Bridge Club
Mre
Max Michaelson
Freaks Street
ROYAL
8. C
N. G. Weaver
Coalwood
Mies ‘Elma Ward
Lexington
W. V. Eller
Thalma Johnson
Salem
C. F. Johnston
Mt. Regis
Johnston
Chester Harman
Jimmy Ballard
William Sheets
Frankfort
Carter
Princeton Society
Ee Union
Silver Springe Church
Princeton High School
Bluefield Road
First Methodist
First Methodist Church
Dewey Bailey
J. C. Morris
Walnut Street
H. M. Strong
Jo French
P. I. Lilly
H. A. Shumate
H. S. Guy
Dan Carr
H. CC, McCary
Swope
O. H. Bowling
L. E. White
W. E. Grady
Yearout
Howard Ellison
Bates
Christie Avenue
Farm Woman's Club
Brush Creek
Glenwood School House
Allen Bratton
W. Vas
Lilly Land CO
Urschels
Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Arthur Seeligson
Urschel
Mrs. Urschel
Huntington Library
Los Angeles
Virginian Maytag Company
Mercer St
Marvin Miller
Opposite Sands & Co
Woman's Club
Sud
Merrie
McNamee
Lad
Waldia Barnett
Sim
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