Explosives Target Pageton Coal Yard as Investigators Probe
Police seek the source of dynamite blasts at Page Coal and Coke in Pageton near early Wednesday. Five of six sticks exploded on company property injuring a mill and home. four miner homes were hit, targeting non union workers as investigators note anonymous prodding to join the union. Bloodhounds were brought from Pulaski but rain hindered tracking.
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Page Coal and Coke Company
Pageton
E. Evans
Tipple
Miners
Pulaski
State Officials Visit Bluefield for Talks and Boxing Finals
Dr. C. F. McClintic warden at the state penitentiary and state fire marshal Fred Watkins are in Bluefield. McClintic stopped over en route to Beckley to address the Retelzh County Wild Life league, while Watkins has been in town for several days and attended the state amateur boxing tournament finals at Ramsey Auditorium.
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C. F. McClintic
State Penitentiary
Fred Watkins
Bluefield
McClintic
Beckley
Retelzh County Wild Life League
Lewisburg
Sta
Watkins
Ramsey Auditorium
Herriot blocks talks with Hitler over Saar plebiscite
Paris reports that Edouard Herriot blocks direct talks with Chancellor Hitler as opposition grows in the chamber of deputies foreign affairs committee over Saar negotiations. The committee urges leverage through the League of Nations to ensure an unbiased plebiscite, while Herriot casts doubt on postwar negotiations with Germany.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
France
Hitler
Germany
Saar
Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee
Herriot
Jean Ybarnegeray
Itler
Cyeles
League of Nations
Roosevelt Determined Securities Act Shall Not Be Weakened
Washington report states President Roosevelt will not weaken the federal Securities Act despite opposition claims. He will consider changes if proven necessary, with a cautious open mind on modifications. The act faces criticism over damages and liability, while Landis joins Roper’s stock market panel as cooperation with Senate committees continues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Trade Commission
James M. Landis
Roper
Banking
Fletcher
Senate Committee
Work on Stadium Project to Start Today Under GW
Civil Works Administration approves 3,272 new local projects in West Virginia adding 66,000 employment slots toward a 71,000 goal. Projects span Mineral Monongalia Raleigh Lincoln Clay Wood Randolph Braxton Upshur Preston Mercer and counties with dozens to hundreds employed on road, sewer, ditching and related tasks.
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Charleston
W. Va
Civil Works Administration
Mineral
Monongalia
Raleigh
Lincoln
Clay
Wood
Randolph
Braxton
Upshur
Preston
Mercer
Babies Enter Woodmen Festival Contest
Eighty babies have been entered in the Modern Woodmen's Baby festival opening yesterday. First entry is Josephine Marie Bradley with Bluefield Virginia’s Joseph Horn as first Class A entrant. Health scoring and registration details follow with office at 104 Federal Street.
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Josephine Marie Bradley
Joseph Horn
Bluefield
Jackie Pritchard
Federal Street
First Lady to Host Ladies Dinner at White House
Mrs Roosevelt will entertain again for the ladies Saturday night with invitations to Frances Perkins cabinet wives and women of the press barred from the semi annual stag dinner the president will attend
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Washington
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