Plan to bring 100000 to view new state building
State Auditor Edgar C Lawson proposed a three day celebration in Charleston for opening the new state building. The plan calls for tours through the building and local plants, elaborate entertainment, rail and bus discounts, and coordinated advertising with the Charleston chamber of commerce. Officials expect visitors from 41 sections of the state and beyond. The board will review details this week as Gov Conley was away.
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Charleston
Edgar C. Lawson
Board of Public Works
Lawson
State Building
Kanawha
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Frank J. Blair
Yeaterday
Blair
Atate
W. G. Con
Goshorn Woody Get Appointments In State Parole Office
John H. Goshorn of Virginia arrest ee state parole officer for southern West Virginia was appointed by Warden 4 C Scroggine at Moundsville. Henry F Woody of McMechen named state parole officer for northern West Virginia. Both start December 1, with duties to contact paroled prisoners. about 200 on parole in the state. Woody is a former Marshall County deputy. Goshorn was connected through Charleston.
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John H. Goshorn
Virginia
West Virginia
4. C. Scroggine
Moundsville
Gosharn
The
Gazette
Scroggins
Henry F. Woody
McMechen
W. E. Plarce
Cameron
Woody
Marshall County
Goshorn
Ww. W. Wert
Charleston
Lodge of Sorrow to Be Held Today at Cap City Mosque
The Benevolent and Paternal Order of Elks holds its annual Lodge of Sorrow at 2:30 this afternoon in the Capitol Street mosque. Main events include a memory address by Benjamin Rosenbloom, organ and soprano solos by Charles C. Greybill and Mia Coney, with rites led by R. D. Lake and prayers by R. B. Sherwood. Members lost this year include Graem Stracham J. D. Cole Malcolm Jackson and others since 1295.
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R. D. Lake
R. EB. Sherwood
B.D. Prankiin
Herman L. Prine
Fred EF. Heindl
0. L. Topping
Bruce R. Corey
J. H. Acull
Smith to Offer Bill For Ordnance Plant Sale
Governor Conley said testimony from a legislative inquiry does not justify removing state workmen’s compensation chief Ott. The report’s majority urged Ott’s dismissal, while the minority backed Smiley’s reprimand and questioned ledger changes at Ilal Cogt. The governor called the ledger irregularities unacceptable and urged action against responsible employees. Page 6, Part 2, Col 9.
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Conley
State Workmen's Compensation Department
Lee Ott
House Committee
Majority Committee
J. W. Smiley
J. W. Ulrich
Ohio County
Department
W. &. Ferrell
Logan County
Will C. Easley
Mercer County
W. A. Thornhill
Raleigh County
Byron B. Randolph
Harrison County
Smiley
Youth Convicted In Uncle's Death
Shirley Shamblin, 16, was found guilty of second degree murder by a Jackson county circuit court jury in the death of his uncle Ernest Ramblin. Sentencing delayed while defense seeks a new trial. state says motion will be argued next week. Witnesses testified Shamblin claimed intoxication from liquor given by Ramblin as he tried to stop him from shooting Russell Jones on Wolfe Pen farm.
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Ripley
Dec
Shirley Shamblin
Jackson County
C. BD. Resser
Ernest Rramblin
Shirley
Wolfe Pen
Russell Jones
Navy seeks authority to sell South Charleston ordnance plant
Special to The Gazette from Washington reports Rep Joe L Smith will introduce a bill in the House to authorize the secretary of the navy to dispose of all or part of the lands, improvements and equipment at the South Charleston naval ordnance plant. The plant began in 1917, was completed by 1922, and has been inoperative since February 1922. The original cost was about 24.4 million with a 50,000 ton yearly capacity for armor gun forgings and large caliber projectiles.
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Wasflington
D. C
Secretary of Navy
South Charleston
House
Joe L. Smith
Smith
Naral
Ant
Adams
Navy Department
Neva Ordnance
Split Congress To Start Work
Washington December 5 A new congress will begin sessions Monday under tension from unsettled times. The Democrats aim to organize the House while Republicans control the Senate, with tax revision and bank reform as goals and prohibition and politics fueling debate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Jonn N. Garner
Texan
Champ Clark
George M. Moses
New Hampshire
Sone
Bertrand Snell
New York
J. Will Taylor
Tennesser
Garner
Henry
Pr. Rainey
Tlinois
Holiday Crowds Enjoy Christmas Streets In Charleston
Holiday shoppers filled downtown lanes last night amid blue lights and pine decorations as Saint Nicholas preparations lit up the city. Children pressed to shop windows while parents smiled, amid grand holiday displays and hopeful crowds for a busy shopping week ahead.
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Jean Flournoy
Inney
Nichales
Saint Nicholas
Santa Claus
Charleston as hub in proposed nationwide highway network
Washington December 5 four routes totaling eighty five billion dollars would meet in Charleston as part of a federal funded national road system. The plan envisions a capital radiating network linking major cities with routes from Lake Erie to Savannah and from Annapolis to Dallas via Charleston and Columbia.
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Washington
Holaday
Illnois
Charleston
United States
Lake Elo
Cleveland
Atlantic Coast
Savanosh
Columbia
Annapolis
Fort Worth
Washington City
Nashville
Memphis
Little Rock
Dallas
Harrisburg
Montpelier
Vermont
Two Hats Tossed In for Election
Democratic party intrigue surfaces as A J Wilkinson of Cabell County parks in Parkerburg to seek the gubernatorial nomination while F L Shriver of Ravenswood declares for secretary of state. Wilkinson cites tax reform and fiscal policy as reasons to support a saner course. Shriver vows a vigorous campaign for the Democratic ticket.
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Atate
Nother
A. J. Wilkinson
Cabell County
Parkersburg
Wilkinson
F. L. Shriver
Ravenswood
Shriver
Marion County
Jackson County
Wetzel
Cabell
Harrison
Marshall
Putnam
Jaks Pisher
Button
J. Alfred Taylor
Fayetteville
Bluebeard Plans Comps On Trial For Life
Clarkeburg December 5 The flamboyant Bluebeard Clark Powers a 45 year old West Virginia native known as the Blue Beard stands on trial for his life for the murder of two children and the nurse Dorothy Northboro in a remote slaughterhouse setup near the Blue Ridge hills He is also accused of luring Northboro under pretense of marriage and detaining her at a ranch as crowds gather to watch the strangest theater in history with a mail order plot and a judge chosen from local farmers and business men Seats and boxes are being arranged while Powers smiles from his cell and insists the murders were by two suitors despite a confession signed earlier Please turn to page 6 Part 1
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Clarkeburg
Stonewalk
Jackson
George Arliss
Harry F. Powers
West Virginia
Loth
Blue Ridge Hills
Dorothy Northboro
Mass
Opera
John C
Powers
Willams
Insani
Morris Named New River Region Association Leader
R F Morris named president of the New River operators association at the Mountainair meeting. G Higgins elected secretary and traffic manager. Dr A A Willett discussed local rules and tariffs, endorsing New York conference plans. Directors include R H Morris, Ray J Meister, M L Garway, and others from coal firms.
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MT. Hope
Gaultain Coal Company
Ant
1Eratora Association
Willett
New River
West Virginia
Higgles W
Petr
Association
R.H. Morris
Mountain Land Company
Ray Jmeister
Raleigh Coal and Coke Pany
M. L. Garway
New Riverland Coal Company
8. A. Scott River Company
Caperton Tin Coal and Coke Company
Boalth
Edward Graff
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Public Works Board
Goshorn, Woody
Benjamin Rosenbloom
Elks
Cong. Smith
Ott
State Compensation Dept
Congress
Santa
Mer Shanta
Cherleston
Uly Culbertson
Staney Lenz
A. M. Groenther
Culbertson
Gazette Ninservations
Bluebeard Cn
Morris
Hivat
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