Former Marion officials indicted on embezzlement bids
Four former Marion county officials plus a constable and Beatrice Bryant face indictments from a Fairmont grand jury. Drexel George stands accused of a $211,078.45 shortage while Lee Satterfield and Lawrence Cather face multiple embezzlement counts. Cather, held in Los Angeles under $50,000 bond, awaits California hearing. more indictments expected next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Marion County
Beatrice Bryant
Dennis Alwill
Drexel George
Lee N. Satterfield
Lawrence A. Cather
Los Angeles
Grand
Cather
George
Rolph
California
Post Toasties Crunch Bites Into Summer Breakfast
A General Foods promotion extols Post Toasties as a refreshing crunchy cereal that stays crisp in milk or cream. It highlights quick energy for hot days and invites boys and girls to join the Junior Detective Corps by sending two cereal box-tops for a badge and manual, with the offer valid until October 15, 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Foods
Post
Inspector Post
Battle Creek
Mich
Hoover to Become Librarian at Stanford
Former President Herbert Hoover will direct a unique war library from a remodeled Stanford University Library office. The Archives will hold Washington materials Hoover brought, including many secret diplomatic negotiations from before and after World War I, never made public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford University
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University Library
Hoover
Washington
Ohio Anti-Saloon League seeks referendum on Masier law
In Columbus on June 21 the Ohio Anti-Saloon League and allies filed what they call the biggest petition in state history to block repeal. It seeks a November 7 referendum on the Masier law rather than a delegates at large election, citing 284,403 signatures from all 88 counties to exceed the 154,000 threshold.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
P. McNaught
McNaught
Anti-Saloon League
Georges
Meyers
U S Forest Service buys 225 649 acres in 12 states
The United States Forest Service announced the purchase of 225,649 acres of forest land in a dozen eastern and midwestern states for 468,442 dollars at an average of 2.08 dollars per acre. The month’s total purchases reached 670,000 acres after a prior 443,908 acres. The lands will aid emergency conservation work and allow the government to set up camps and begin improvements during title transfer. Sites include Allegheny Forest in Pennsylvania, Monongahela in West Virginia, and Cumberland in Kentucky, with specific acreages and costs listed.
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Washington
United States Forest Service
Forest Service
Allegheny Forest
Pennsylvania
Monongahela
West Virginia
Cumberland
Kentucky
West Virginia Maccabees close Clarksburg convention
Rededicating to Spirit of Brotherliness the West Virginia Maccabees closed their one day convention with a banquet and dance in Clarksburg. F E Robinson of Clarksburg was reelected state commander for four years and will attend the supreme lodge convention in Detroit July 25 as well as delegate status. New officers named include O C Eddy Fairmont past commander and C Rolla Williams St Mary record keeper, with alternates Mrs Mary Robinson Clarksburg and Mrs Mary V Phares Clarksburg.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Mary B. Robinson
Mary V. Phares
Robinson
O. C. Eddy
Fairmont
Rose Weaver
Thomas
O. Rolla Williams
Effie D. Lemley
Mannington
J. Woodford
Philippi
B. A. Fulmer
Bertha Day
Elkins
Ida Wright
Watson
F. B. Haeberly
Huntington
State Sentinel
Bertie Sayre
Hamleton
Repeal Unthinkable Warns On Alcohol Control
The Wickersham report cautions that repealing prohibition without a solid replacement would cause chaos. It argues that rapid interstate travel and drunken driving threaten public roads and homes, urging continued regulation as medical and industrial pressures grow.
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Wickersham
Bituminous coal blows up competition code debate
J D A Morrow president of Pittsburgh Coal argues under the industrial recovery act that the representation plan is legal for unionization. He cites section 7 of the act granting labor the right to bargain through chosen representatives and notes section 5 allows workers to opt out of any organization. General Johnson notes labor, organized or unorganized, will be recognized. Smokeless Operators adjourn after three days of tense work on a code of fair competition and expect to submit it to Roosevelt.
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J. D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Morrow @aid
Lewis
Scranton
Hugh 8. Johnson
Morrow
General Johnson
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Smokeless Coal Operators Association
William G. Caperton
Charleston
Roosevelt
Mrs Robertson Injury From Fall Revealed in X rays
X ray exams at Blue Fest Sanitarium reveal Mrs. R. S. Robertson of 1404 Montclair avenue suffered a fractured vertebrae after slipping down an embankment on New River outing a week earlier. She was placed in a cast and will remain a patient for several weeks.
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Bluefest
R. 8. Robertson
Montclair Avenue
Criminologist Probes Campus Murder in Lamson Case
Berkeley criminologist Edward O Heinrich conducted a thorough examination of the Lamson home and yard at Stanford in search of an intruder who may have entered before David A Lamson and his wife Allene were slain. He noted the blood spatters in the bathroom and declined to reveal full findings, saying further testing is underway as Lamson stands trial for murder.
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San Jose
Calif
Lamson
David A. Lamson
Allene
Edward O. Heinrich
Berkely
Edwin M. Rea
Rea
Heinrich
Rae
Samson
Stanford
Allene Thorpe Lamson
Berkeley
Sales boost as May washing machine output rises
Chicago reports May sales of household washing machines totaling 62 963 units, the fifth consecutive monthly gain. J H K Bohnen secretary of the American Washington Machine Manufacturers association noted the May figure exceeds April by 25 999 units, marking a strong monthly increase.
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Chicago
J. HK. Bohnen
American Washington Machine Manufacturers’ Association
Oil Firm Seeks to Recover State Tak on Stations
Trials of the present term will be started. Judge McClintic heard pleas in more than two score cases yesterday and meted out aggregate sentences of 175 dollars in fines and forty years, four months and two days imprisonment. Nell and Rosie Holbrook pled guilty to sending bad backs to mail order houses and received one year one day in Alderson federal prison. Other indictments include post office robberies, narcotics selling, embezzlement, and various prohibition cases with sentences ranging from fines to multiple years in Atlanta Chillicothe Leavenworth and state jails.
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Nell
Rosie Holbrook
Cucumber
W. Va
Alderson Federal
Glen Daniels
Ballard Aliff
Raleigh
Emory Ferguson
Mt. Hope
Aliff
Atlanta
Ferguson
Chillicothe
Richard Ramsey
Charleston
Otis Tyler
Alderson
Leavenworth
Roy E. Ellette
Huntington
Madge Bryant
Corinne
Raleigh County
Watson Maxey
Harve Gibson
Maybeury
Maxey
Chillicothe Reformatory
Dennis Kincaid
Kanawha
Virgil Phipps
Boone County
Izetta Cosner
Cass
Nolle
Frank Berle
James D. Murphy
Sidney Jarrell
Kannaha
Howard Sears
Summere County
McDowell County
Jake Simmons
Durbin
Eleie Hoffman
Walter Hedrick
Ernest Cashmell
Pocahontas County
Stanley Carter
Mingo County
Barton Nelson
Arlie Robinett
Lee McGuire
Logan County
Henry Booker
Mercer County
Ernest Craft
Greenbrier County
Maggie Craft
Greenbrier
Woodrow Cook
Luther Harvey
Cecil Stewart
Charles Searberry
Harley Lovejoy
Bill Browning
Curtis B. Doyle
Charles Jackson
Raymond Williams
Robert EB. Burns
Cecil Eddy
Virjerio Marioth
Alex Valvary
Thacker
Clarence R. Roberta
Wayne County
Perry Wells
Jessie J. Young
Fayette County
Ernest Holly
Putnam County
Father of Miss Mattox dies in Wellsville
The death of Mr. Mattox occurred at his Wellsville Virginia home at 7:30 Tuesday night after a period of failing health. Miss Kathryn Mattox, a renowned local music teacher, had to suspend her instruction in late May to return home amid his critical condition and had anticipated his passing for weeks.
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Kathryn Mattox
Wellsville
Mattox
Funeral Rites Held for Dr James B Eades
Funeral services for Dr. James B. Eades were held at Bland Street Methodist Church at 9 30 yesterday morning. The Rev Stanley W Hayne officiated with Rev T S Hamilton assisting. After the service the remains were taken to Roanoke, his former home, for interment in Fairview cemetery.
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Bland Street Methodist Church
James B. Eades
Stanley W. Hayne
T. S. Hamilton
Trinity Methodist Church
Roanoke
Fairview Cemetery
For Rent First Class Six-Room House in City
Classified line item notes a first class six room house for rent with hard wood floors full basement and convenient features. Contact Joseph F. Shelton after 4 30 pm or call 1868 J. house can be shown by D H. Also promotions on seersucker and jute linen suits at special price 2 98 and sale items at Fretwell s Bland St plus Pickwick Tavern lunch and dinner service with Lake Shawnee event Friday June 23 9 to 1 30 admission 1 music by West Virginians.
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Joseph F. Shelton
D. H
Lake Shawnee
Railroads and labor sign wage accord
The agreement postpones the wage controversy as both sides hold firm to their views. The move is voluntary and aimed at the public good, with commendation for the cooperative, amicable stance of railroad employers and labor representatives.
Alfred E Goodwyn Heads State Masons
Alfred E Goodwyn, Bluefield pioneer barber, is reelected grand master of the West Virginia Colored Masons for the eighteenth consecutive year. The selection occurred at the Grafton meeting, which concluded Tuesday.
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Alfred FE. Goodwyn
Bluefield
West Virginia
Colored Masons
Grafton
Pickle Sales Jump 60 Percent in Spring
J E Mitchell of the National Pickle Packers Association reported that pickle sales by packing plants rose 60 percent in April and May from the prior year and that prices increased about 10 percent.
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Chicago
J. E. Mitchell
National Pickle Packers Association
Former Bluefielder Dies of Mine Injury
Lacy Asbury aged 40 of Bishop Virginia, formerly Bluefield, died after injuries from a Bishop mines fall. He worked for Amicon Fruit in Bluefield, moved to Bishop a year ago, and is survived by wife, five children, parents Newt and Mrs. Newt Asbury of Adria, five brothers and three sisters. Funeral 2:30 Friday at Adria conducted by the Rey.
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Lacy Asbury
Bishop
Bluefield
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Asbury
Amicon Fruit Company
Newt Asbury
Adria
Bane
Kell
Clyde
Paul Asbury
Ernest Asbury
Emory
Ethel Clark
Banesville
West Virginia
Julia Sawyers
Helen Williamson
The
Rey
Graham Methodist Pastor and Rev Waldron Interred at Adria Cemetery
C W Kelley pastor of Graham Methodist church and the Reverend Mr Waldron are noted. Interment will be made at the cemetery at Adria.
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C. W. Kelley
Graham Methodist Church
Mr. Waldron
Adria
Townsend Visits Bluefield Amid Court Proceedings
T. C. Townsend, former state tax commissioner and 1932 Republican governor candidate, visits Bluefield to attend United States court with several cases pending.
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T. C. Townsend
Bluefield
Mr. Townsend
United States Court
Firemen Quell Two Auto Fires In City
Central station firemen answered two alarms last night. At 8 25 p m a Chevrolet coupe owned by W G Jordan caught fire from a defective wire near Roderfer s Pharmacy on Princeton Avenue and was put out with no material damage. Soon after, a Chevrolet truck owned by Joe Spencer of Bluefield burned on Bramwell Road as Spencer was away for gas. The rear tires burned off and about half the truck bed with a ton of coal loaded aboard were destroyed. damage to the truck could not be estimated.
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Central Station
Princeton Avenue
Roderfer
W. G. Jordan
Bramwell Road
Joe Spencer
Bluefield
Spencer
Rites in Bristol for Sister of Mrs Kitts
Funeral services were held in Bristol for Mrs Hila Owen widow of Robert L Owen and sister of Mrs H B Kitts of Bluefield She died at 5 am Tuesday after an operation for appendicitis at King’s Mountain Memorial Hospital Bristol She is survived by her father James A Callahan two sons Chalmers and Kenneth Owen two sisters Mrs M L Cash Bristol and Mrs Kitts Bluefield and two brothers N A Callahan Bristol and William J Callahan Miami
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Bristol
Hila Owen
Robert L. Owen
H. B. Kitts
Bluefield
King’s Mountain Memorial Hospital
Owen
Mrs. Kitts
Kitts
James A. Callahan
Chalmers
Kenneth Owen
M. L. Cash
Kitta
N. A. Callahan
William J. Callahan
Miami
Aunt of Local Woman Dies in Mount Vernon
Friends of Miss Ruth Bartlett, a Beaver High School faculty member, were informed of the death of her aunt Miss Jennie Patterson in Mount Vernon Ohio last Monday night. Bartlett had lived with Patterson for several years.
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Mount Vernon
Ruth Bartlett
Beaver High School
Jennie Patterson
Ohio
Miss Bartlett
Miss Patterson
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Ohio Days
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State Maccabees
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Mercer St
McCulloch Ave
Miss Mattox
J. B. Eades
Service Department
Auto Sales and Service Corp
Chevrolet Building
Raleigh Street
Gity and Coalfield
A. W. Cox Dept. Store
Bland St
Pickwick Tavern
Alfred E. Goodwyn
State Masons
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