Bail sought by former deputy in Keeney slaying case
J J Kade former deputy sheriff and jailer sued for murder in Princeton area case seeks bail. He claims self defense after a June 26 shooting at his Beckley Road service station during a confrontation with Grover Keeney 19 and others. Kade details the night and his actions as he describes the melee and his reasons for firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egox
Beckley Road
Princeton
F. W. Anderson
John M. McGratts
J. J. Kade
Grover Keeney
Kade
Eckley Road
Keeney
Kate
Netitioner
Sam
Cleve Keeney
Mqnor
Cam
Parch
Gleve Keeney
Keeneys
Grover
Klifilm
Stophin
Miss Ethel Bowen Selected Centennial Queen
Bramwell native Miss Ethel Bowen chosen as Queen Pocahontas for Mercer county Centennial. Gov Homer A Holt will crown the queen on opening night of the celebration with King Coal to be crowned later. Bowen, granddaughter of Harry Bowen, studied at Bryn Mawr and Sweet Briar and attended Katherine Gibbs school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Bowen
Holt
King Coal
Bramwell
Poca Lsantas
Mercer County
Homer A. Holt
Virginia
West Virginia
Pocahonina
Miss Bowen
Joseph H. Bowen
Harry Bowen
Post
Baldwin School
Bryn Mawr
Sweet Briar
Katherine Gibbs School
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Changes To Be Studied By Interim Committee On Election Laws
Secretary of State William OBrien released broad recommendations from county clerks on revising election laws. Proposals include permanent registration, abolishing transfer systems and absentee voting, holding primaries in May, appointing party officials to conventions, and double election boards to speed returns. Costs per vote and registration are cited, with Kanawha County highest in expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
William
O'Brien
Secretary of
Kanawha
Lily
Harrison
Hardy County
Weirton Steel Faces Labor Board Charges Over Union Tactics
The National Labor Relations Board charges Weirton Steel, a subsidiary of EB T Weir's National Steel, with coercion and bribery to oppose the Six Wor ld Coal Organizing Committee. The complaint cites threats, espionage, and a "hatchet gang" used against workers, with 279 fired for union activities between July 6 1825 and July 21 1837 and a hearing set for August 9 in Hancock County West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Weirton Steel Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Regional Labor Board
Charles P. Dowds
Hansock Court House
New Cumberland
W. Va
Steel Company
Weirton
EB. T. Weir
Butterfield Named as HPA Medical Adviser in Charleston
Dr. Donald L. Butterfield of Charleston is appointed department medical adviser for the public assistance department effective tomorrow. He will oversee crippled children, adult rehabilitation, and relief medical/hospitalization work, with $4200 annual salary split between the federal Children's Bureau and the state. He previously supervised CCC medical services in West Virginia and will coordinate with hospitals and health agencies as a unison officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
A. W. Garnett
Public Assistance Departments
Donald L. Butterfield
Butterfield
Civilian Conservation Corps
West Virginian
Children's Bureau
Federal Department of Labor
Garnett
Dr. Butterfield
Public Assistance Department
Health Department
Dri Butterfield
State Medical Association
James Harris, Jr
New City Board Delays Major Appointments
The new city board of directors postpones further appointments while studying departmental costs. City manager Emory P. Mitchell attends to discuss governance as Kyle Bruce continues as acting city manager. No new projects will start. tax levy estimates for 1937-38 are a major upcoming item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Directors
Muncipal
William C. Snyder
Emory P. Mitchell
Beck
Snyder
Kyle Bruce
Greater Bluefield
Japan's Wonder Plane Makes Pancake Landing
Tokyo August 1. Japan's long distance 'wonder plane' made a pancake landing after a trial flight today. all four occupants escaped without injury. Officials cited landing gear failure to blame the accident. The experimental craft's propeller undercarriage and left wing were severely damaged but designers say it can be repaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Juncon
Japanese Air Attacks Deepen North China Grip In Peiping
Nippon forces pushed bombardments from Tientsin toward Paotingfu and Peiping as Chinese resistance around rail hubs intensified. Japanese artillery pounded native areas near Tientsin stations while control widened north of the Peiping Suiyuan line. In Peiping 250 American civilians remained in embassy shelter under Marine guard with supplies to endure months more siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinege
Peiping - Tientsin
Nippon
North China
Tentsin
Paotingfu
Peiping
28Th
Peking-Tientsin
Tient~ Sin
Piep
Hapen Province
Tangku
Tientsin
Peiping- Suiyuan
Mongolia
China
Great Wall Basses
Manchoukuo
Peiping-Suiyuan
Tientsinga
Nankai University
Marine Guard
Tungehow
Pelping
State Department
Washington
Harry 8
Martin
Boston
James A. Hunter
Peoria
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Sonerregational
Tungchow
Pieping
Prisoner In Iron Lung Celebrates 27th Birthday
Chicago July 31. Pred Bey Snite Jr a 27 year old prisoner in an iron lung marks his birthday with a flood of telegrams and 30 flower gifts. He is paralyzed from the neck, reads with a glass table, and watches dance music and sports on radio aided by nurses and his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Wisconsin
Gov. Kraschel
Gov. la Follette
Naga
Capitol
Iron Lung
Chicago
Pred Bey Snite, Jr
Seid
Snite
Plein
China
Trin
Orient
Gally
Hig Trther
Young Suite
Senate Passes Revised Wage Hour Bill in Roosevelt Drive
The Senate approved a revised wage and hour measure despite Democratic defections. The bill, linking a federal wage board to set minimums and maximums, heads to the House after a 56 28 vote. It includes child labor limits and interstate shipment bans, with debates and amendments including Wheeler Johnson child labor provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Labor Committee
House
Republica
Roosevelt
NRA
Sta Es
House Lab Committee
Propose
Labor Standard Board
Wheeler-Johnson
Hazardg Industries
Black
D-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Individu
Els
Missing Suit Clue To Player In Probe Galletta Murder
Brooklyn tragedy details a killer who strangled 8-year-old Paula Magagna in a tenement cellar, dumped her body on a baby carriage, and prompted a separate arrest of a 16-year-old for molesting another child. Authorities link the case to prior Brooklyn assaults and note similarities to two earlier child killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giship
New York
Paula Magagna
Brooklyn
Romeo Auerbaach
Michael Kern
Magagne
Kern
Barbara Wiles
Helen Sterler
Einer Sverer
Salvatore Ossida
Ossida
Sing Sing
Gaogagna
Lena Meld
Sun
Illinois Miners Return to Jobs Under Individual Pacts
The Progressive Miners of America announced they will sign tentative Working Agreements with individual mine operators and return to work if 48 operators sign up. The plan keeps the existing pay scale, including a 60 cent daily wage increase, as talks with Illinois coal producers resume after a cease work order affected 18,000 members. At Gillespie No. 1 Local some members will stick to the plan next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Progressive Miners of America
John Ozank
Thenion
Fast 48
Progressives
Ozanic
Coal Producers’ Association of
Ilinois
Illinois Vogi
United Mine Workers of America
Gillespie
John Pisher
Ozano
Revolt Reported in Rebel Ranks Across Spain
Insurgents claim uprisings at Granada Malaga Motril and a northern Santander point while government denies revolts and reports two thousand soldiers surrendered in Cordoba. Franco’s forces advance toward the Madrid Valencia corridor and clash near Cuenca province. Both sides cite gains along the Cuenca edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Granada
Santander
Malaga
Motril
Spice
Cordorba
Franco
Spain
Cuenca
Madrid-Valencia
Madrid
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Mits
Emer
Virginia Morris
Remal
Helen Sisgon
Vinny Morris
New Sisson
FORD
O'Brine
Associated Press
Detroit
Dearham
Mich
Philadelphia
York—C
I. O
WPA
Afpalo
W. Y.C
Fles
San Francisco
Pacific
Coas
Seattle
Indianapolis
Workers Alliance
Warren
Ohio
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Dearborn
Ford Motor Company
Common Pleas
Ralph W. Liddy
Safety Commission
Ford Company
Edddy
Liddy
United Automobile Workers
Wns
Neirton Steel
National Labor Board
S.w.0.c
HPA
Bluefield
HOSTI
United States
International Legation
Hunt
U. S
Baltimore
FDR
W. A. Maxwell
Maxwell
Senator Byrnes
D-Sc
Barkley
D-Ky
Wagner Housing
Mondey
Seaae
Frogng
Serson
Mitral
N Bo
Federal Board
J. 8. Polikoff, Aiken
Abel T. Whealton
Crisfield
Cy Haynie
Charles O. Brooks
Brooks
Chesapeake Bay
Federal Inquiry Board
Illinois
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