Foster Parents Held For Murder In Alpine Case
A San Antonio couple was arrested in Alpine on murder charges in the death of 13 year old Marvin Noblitt who fell from a 385 foot cliff at Agua Fire Springs after being taken on a mountain outing. The man, identified as the boy’s foster father, confessed to throwing him off the cliff and his wife is held as an accomplice. They had adopted Noblitt and taken out life insurance on him. An arraignment is set for Monday. Authorities are seeking the boy’s mother in the Rio Grande valley.
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Tex
San Antonio
Marvin Noblitt
Agua Fire Springs
Francis Marion Black
Elmer Taylor
Dist
Alan Fraser
Rio Grande Valley
Pupils from Perdue Music Set Recital at Galperin Hall
Pupils of the Perdue music studio will present a public recital tomorrow at 8 30 PM in the Galperin auditorium on Capitol street. Participants include Benny Marshall Martha Jane Wines Wanda Lee Carter Irene Weaver Lillian Abraham Lois Sowers Eloise Bowever Ida Louise Pruett Mary Isabel Ellis Douglas Marshall Betty Anderson Frances Horner Benny Ruth Delton Nina Katherine Ballangee Sara Anne Agsten Doris Anderson Mildred Louise Wines Paul Sempson Phyllis Collins Jen Ewing Mary Jane Figgatt Myrna Jo Painter Lesley Kemp ais Wiant Charlotte Leftwich and Marjery Ann Ewing.
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Perdue Music Studio
Galperin
Capitol Street
Benny Marshall
Martha Jane Wines
Wanda Lee Carter
Irene Weaver
Lillian Abraham
Lois Sowers
Eloise Bowever
Ida Louise Pruett
Mary Isabel Ellis
Douglas Marshall
Betty Anderson
Frances Horner
Benny Ruth Delton
Nina Katherine Bal-langee
Sara Anne Agsten
Doris Anderson
Mildred Louise Wines
Paul Sempson
Phyllis Collins
L- Jen Ewing
Mary Jane Figgatt
Myrna Jo Painter
Lesley Kemp
Ais Wiant
Charlotte Leftwich
Marjery Ann Ewing
Roosevelt denies NLRB probe. urges Britain visit plan
President Roosevelt denied reports he would appoint a commission to investigate the National Labor Relations Act. He explained in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatton Sumpers that he plans a commission to visit Great Britain to study industrial relations. The letter responded to a minority report on Walsh Healey revisions alleging shortcomings in the labor act.
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Roosevelt
Hatton Sumpers
Texas
House Judiciary Committee
Great Britain
Walsh-Healey
Elkview endorsement touts Vantage medicine claim
A. J. Shaffer of Elkview WV at 72 praises Van Tage for constipation relief and improved headaches, stating the liquid medicine cleanses bowels and boosts general strength. The ad-like notice describes Vantage as a laxative stomachic carminative and mild diuretic. It notes introduction to Charleston area druggists.
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A. J. Shaffer
Elkview
W. Va
van Tage
Conviction Appeal Omitted Year In Driving While Intoxicated Case
Howard Simms of Charlemon appeals a circuit court decision on his driving while intoxicated conviction and $50 in fines. The appeal argues the complaint failed to state the offense year, reading May 2u rg, while the state cites a warrant alleging the offense on May 29, 1937. Simms was originally convicted before a justice of the peace.
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Howard Simms
Charlemon
Julian F. Bauchelle
Simms
Justice of the Peace
Mrs Billie Richardson Taken Home After Motorcycle Injury
Mrs Billie Richardson who was injured last Sunday when struck by a motorcycle was moved yesterday from McMillan hospital to her home on Lee Street.
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Billie Richardson
McMillan Hosital
Lee Street
Class officers and donations noted in yearend report
The report highlights an active year with numerous entertainments and a donation to the local fire department for a pump. Class officers are Paul Dawson president Miss Evelyn Johnson vice president Cecil McClung treasurer and Jerry Johnson secretary.
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Paul Dawson
Evelyn Johnson
Cecil McClung
Jerry Johnson
Century-Old WV Teacher Wins Concord BA Degree
Jason Raines, age 73, earns a Bachelor of Arts from Concord State Teachers College, joining 107 graduates in the class of 3B. He spent decades teaching in West Virginia one-room schools and studied in summer sessions at Concord, receiving the degree on June 3. Registrar S L McGraw says Raines is the oldest to graduate from the institution. A second note mentions a giant tree found in Waipoa state forest near Dargaville, New Zealand.
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Jason Raines Orefure
Concord State Teachers’ College
Wyoming County
West Virginia
Concord
Raines
S. L. McGraw
Great Kanawha Ahepa to Attend Mansfield Convention
Four members of the Great Kanawha chapter of the Ahepa order will attend the 7th district convention at Mansfield today through Tuesday. The delegation will recommend bringing the next district meeting here.
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Great Kanawha Chapter
Ahepa
Mansfield
FDR Plans South America Visit Next Year
President Roosevelt intends a 1937 tour of South America to reinforce Western Hemisphere democracy. The trip would align with the Pacific to Atlantic fleet move and project U S might off Latin American coasts as a pledge of stronger military political and trade ties among republics.
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