Air Mail Fliers Receive West Virginia Certificates
Postmaster Julius W. Singleton announced certificates of appreciation from Washington for 39 licensed air mail pilots who covered 3028 miles during National Air Mail week. Certificates will go to listed pilots in Charleston Beckley Wheeling Parkersburg Huntington and more. two pilots crossed state lines and remained unnamed.
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Julius W. Singleton
Washington
West
Hubert Stark
G. T. Clark
C. B. Conner
Charles
19 Autos Destroyed In Logan Garage Fire
Nineteen cars were destroyed when the Logan Duco garage burned down last night. Fire Chief J W Beckett estimated damages at about 19000 dollars. Hartman, the garage proprietor, said the blaze likely started in a stored car and that no insurance coverage was held. The building was owned by K S Deskins. Weeping by professional mourners in Cairo has been banned.
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Logan
Logan Duco
J. W. Beckett
H. W. Hartman
Hartman
K. S. Deskins
Parade of steamers to Gallipolis dam dedication
Gallipolis Ohio June 4 Newly painted steamers will parade from Paint Pleasant down the Ohio to the new Gallipolis dam on June 12 to mark a new Kanawha river transportation era. The concrete dam No 4 raises the minimum stage to nine feet and completes a four dam set boosting coal tonnage to 3 500 000 annually. Governors Holt and Davey invited. Brig Gen John J Kingman will speak.
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Gallipolis
Paint Pleasant
Ohio
Kanawha
Marmet
London
Winfield
Govs. Holt
West Virginia
Davey
John J. Kingman
U. S. Engineers
Charleston Student Wins Chemistry Prize
Tee Spaulding, son of Dr and Mrs A S Spaulding of Morris street, a sophomore at Morgan College Baltimore, has received the Mr W Gatch prize in chemistry.
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Tee Spaulding
A. S. Spaulding
Morris] Street
Morgan College
Baltimore
Political maneuvers shadow GOP and NLRB clash
The piece outlines intra party tensions as Hamilton and allies defend their position against a reformist wing backed by Landon and Knox. It describes Burke’s failed efforts to curb the NLRB, including a lost senate probe and a mass mail campaign that backfired as envelopes flooded back from chambers of commerce.
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Frank
Hamilton
Republican Party
Senate
House
Alfred Landon
Col
Frank Knox
New York
National Committee
Republican National Committee
NLRB
Burke
Nebraska
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Judiciary Committee
J. Warren Madden
Chambers of Commerce
Washington
Congress
Chambers
Oddities in Washington and a Wall Street Reporter
An assortment of brief items notes postal mix ups with misaddressed mail marked sity and returned as no one at this address. A panelist mentions no labor board legislation this session. Wallace's son Robert Browne Wallace will study at the University of Mexico this summer after a junior year at Iowa State College. Commissioner Charles H. March laments and orders removal of black painted signs at the new federal building and plans bronze replacements for entrances. References to nautical songs, and a profile of Rep Botsecret of Ohio, a former educator now pursuing evening law studies.
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Washington
Labor Board
Wallace
Robert Browne Wallace
University of Mexico
Iowa State College
Mexico City
Ames
Federal Trade Commission
Constitution Avenue
Charles H. March
March
Roosevelt
Parachute Trips Pilot in Crash
Baron Maximilian von Romberg a socially prominent New Yorker and Californian, was killed when the cabin plane he piloted exploded mid air above the Shrewsbury river near Fair Haven New Jersey. His parachute malfunctIon led to a fatal plunge as bystanders tried to rescue him. He was the son of the first German officer killed in World War I and left a fortune from Bankers Trust founder Antoinette Converse. He was survived by his widow Emily Hall.
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Fair Haven
Baron Maximilian von Ramberg
New York
California
Shrewsbury River
Here
von Romberg
Yar Romberg
Antoinette Converse
Bankers Trust Company
Young von Romberg
Emily Hall
Montecito
Calif
Pocahontas Youth Given High Award
Pocahontas county Four-H worker Okie Walton received the Teepi, the highest all star award, at the closing session of a week long volunteer leader encampment at Jackson's Mill. The Teepi honors memory of W H Bil Kendrick founder of the state Four H camp. Six new all star members were announced: Margaret Hannah Cass Denver Stinnett Roane Arnett Kidd Tucker Genevieve Knight Greenbrier Edna Sites Grant Ruth Kerr Marion.
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Jackson's Mill
Pocahontas County
Okie Walton
W.H. “Bil” Kendrick
Allstars
Margaret Hannah
Cass
Denver Stinnett
Roane County
Arnett Kidd
Tucker County
Genevieve Knight
Greenbrier
Edna Sites
Grant County
Ruth Kerr
Marion County
Trent Will Speak at Southern Conference on Public Education
State Superintendent W. W. Trent will address the annual Southern Conference on Public Education on June 23 in Chapel Hill North Carolina. West Virginians on the advisory board include Trent Principal Thomas R. Herner Willis Chambers Alvin Gore and George Bryson from Welch and Logan and Princeton episodes.
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W. W. Trent
Chapel Hill
N. C
West
Cartoon Contest Invites Captions For Kentucky Moonshine
The Gazette launches a four day hillbilly cartoon caption contest tied to the film Kentucky Moonshine. Enter by sending witty captions for each daily cartoon. top prize is 10 guest tickets to the premiere at Kearse Theater, with other prizes including two tickets and daily drawings.
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Ritz Brothers
Darryl F. Zanuck
20Th Century-Fox
Kearse Theater
Paul Webb
The
Gazette
Kentucky
Rilz Brothers
Tony Martin
Marjorie Weaver
Slim Summerville
John Catridine
Wally Vernon
Berton Churchill
Eddie Collins
Tomorrow's Gazette
McCartney Dies After Truck Accident in Buckhannon
State Police report McCartney twenty year old farm worker died after losing balance when a truck struck a patch of highway near Buckhannon. Troop details indicate the fatal fall followed the collision as preparations for a New Zealand prospecting venture begin. Dental assistants group Kanawha Valley to meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Daniel Boone Hotel with a telephone technique talk.
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State Police Corp
Troy Alkire
McCartney
Nerber
New Zealand
Kanawha Valley Dental Assistants’ Society
Daniel Boone ‘Hotel
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