Fire Sweeps Lumber Yard Amid Wide Blaze
A massive fire at Kanawha Valley Lumber Co yard destroyed the milling department and a two story dwelling, spewing smoke across the city. Firemen battled the flames with ten hose lines, saved the railroad station interior, and evacuated nearby houses as explosions from turpentine rattled the scene. Estimated losses include machinery, lumber, offices, and several vehicles, with power lines and telegraph wires damaged and the yard’s future operations in flux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pire
McLane
A McLane Sak
Acros Fifth Avenue
Kowstar
Laing
Yellow Pine Lumber Company
Wilson Street
Kanawha Valley Lumber Company
John Laing
Alex Laing
Purth Avenue
Appalachian Electric Power “Company
West Charteston
Flag Ceremony Held by Ellis in 1932 Era
A flag ceremony hosted by Ellis drew participants from John Brawley Post of the American Legion and Land Anderson Post of the D A along with three local D A chapters Colonial Domes Lord Calvert D A daughters Knights of Pythias Rotary Kiwanis Sone of Italy Sons of the American Revolution Woman's clubs Daughters of the Confederacy Boy Scouts and Sons of the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penaldson
Sapa
American Legion Buglers
John Brawley
The
Legion
Land Anderson
D. A. Vi
D. A
Colonial Domes
Lord Calvert
Daughters of 1932
Armor
Charleston
Knights of Pythias
Rotary and
Kiwanis
Sone
Italy
Sons
Aemnran Revolution
Woman's Clubs
Daughters of the ‘Confederacy
Boy Scouts and Sons of the American Legion
Red Hot Momma Saves Girl's Life in Royal Rescue
A dramatic clipping recounts Miss Tucker aiding a girl in danger during an outdoor shore scene for a movie. It notes her prior royal command performance before King George and Queen Mary, highlighting the celebrity’s quick action and continued press coverage.
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Red Hot Momma
Annou
Miss Tucker
River Ob
King George
Queen Mary
Pageant Depicts Early Colonial Life in St. Marys City
S Marys City hosts June 14th event as Maryland sons and daughters gather for the AMth anniversary of Lord Baltimore's colonists arrival. A pageant on early life of the colony and its freedom of worship is set for tomorrow Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Mary's City
Sons and Daughters of
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
New World
Cold Checks Banned By Tax Commissioner
Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox announced that bad checks used to pay the consumers' sales tax must stop. He said some taxpayers try to use funds owed to the state, with checks returned for insufficient funds. May payments to the state totaled about 260100, with April receipts reaching 475000.
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Fred L. Foxnald
Fox
Fourteen Mercer School Pupils With Perfect Attendance
Fourteen Mercer School pupils had perfect attendance and twenty-two were neither absent nor tardy last term. Faithful attendance certificates went to those missing only three days. Names include Peyton McDaniels James Taverneris Joseph Mulholland Betty Ellis Hetty Pew Mary Kersey Helen Beckett Alonzo Johnson Paul Tavernaris Elmer Nutter Betty Brown Ida Ammar Charles Busby Allison Daniels Julia Palin Mary McCallister Kya Perry Benjamin Brown Guy Schipper Thomas Bowling Sally Jane Miller Alice Townsend.
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Mercer School
Peyton McDaniels
James Taverneris
Joseph Mulholland
Betty Je Ellis
Hetty Pew
Mary B. Kersey
Helen Beckett
Alonzo Johnson
Paul Tavernaris
Elmer Nutter
Betty J’ Brown
Ida Ammar
Charles Busby
Allison bicDaniels
Julia Pailin
Mary McCallister
Kya Ma
Perry
Benjamin Brown
Guy Schipper
Thomas Bowling
Sally Jane Miller
Alice Townsend
Sherman Moss
Charles Cieland
Leslie Green
Junior Shepherd
Thomas Seaver
Caroline Ray
Omega Canty
Barbara Adams
Lorena Ammar
Brat Garet Lee Bond
Lucille Cassis
Dolly Hodges
Kenneth Cox
Janet Bowling
Ashbey Boyd
Carmilla Marie
June Hanson
Mary Frances Hazelton
Nutrition shifts from extreme restrictions to balanced meals
Dr James B McLester of Alabama urges a high vitamin balanced diet for diseases, criticizing old prohibitions on foods. New views stress plenty of balanced meals even in kidney and diabetic conditions. Leukemia types named by Rosenthal and Harris are granulocytes lymphocytes monocytes, tracked by X rays transfusions and arsenic. Paraldehyde with sodium amytal or pentobarbital reportedly induces twilight sleep in labor per Golgin and Batholomew of Atlanta.
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James B. McLester
Alabama
McLester
Nathan Rosenthal
Willista Harris
New York
Mt. Sinai Hospital
E. D. Golgin
R.A. Batholomew
Atlanta
Georgia
Air Armada to Feature at Charleston Celebration
Wire account reports former Charleston Aero club members planning to join a city celebration at Kanawita hotel after early efforts for a Charleston airport. Planes and dance music to entertain visitors include Jat Carber a orchestra and the Spring field Pirates in a baseball game at the armory. Miss NRA identity to be announced tomorrow with pilots as guests at the dance.
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Charleston Aero Club
Kanawita
Aero Club
Seo
Charleston
Wertz Field
Thomas Mathis
NRA
Charleston Senators
Springfield Pirates
Srmory
Jat Qarber
T. L. Kearse
Kearse Theater
Charleston Bar Association
General Johnson
Miners Transported by Logan County Buses for Charleston Celebration
At a Daniel Boone hotel luncheon honoring Donald R. Hlehberg NRA official the Tae Committee said a request could be granted. Logan county school district lent 28 buses to the United Mine Workers to move miners to Charleston for the celebration. miners were told to park their vehicles at the Kanawha City end of the upper Washington street bridge before marching to the business district.
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Daniel Boone Hhotel
Kanawhe
Donald R. Hlehberg
NRA
Tae
Logan County School Board
United Mine Workers
Charleston
Kanawha City
Washington Street
Funeral Dates For Four Area Residents
Four local deaths and funeral arrangements are reported. Willa Pauley, 15, dies at home on Smith Creek. services at 3 30 this afternoon at the residence with burial in the family cemetery. Bertha Jordan, 45, dies Wednesday morning in Laing after long illness. funeral at 10 30 Sunday at Wake Forest Church with burial in the Morford or Coe River cemetery. Dollie Counts, 24, dies at home on Washington Street. funeral at Bartlett's Funeral Home at 2 this afternoon, burial in Fletcher. Burial details and officiants are listed with each service.
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Willa Phitey
Willa Pauley
Benjamin Pauley
Smith Creek
Bertha the Jovdan
Bertha Mae Jordan
Laing
George E. Jordan
Ben~ Jab Mullins
Anna Jordan
A C. Trader
Louis
Emmett Peters
Garrison
Helen Mullins
Wake Forest
W. J. Fiber
Mofidoe Cemetery
Coe River
Dollie Mae
Dollie Mae Counts
Washington Street
F. M. Counts
Fletcher
Bartlett
Girl Back Blames Artistic Urge In Sudden Disappearance
A girl vanished after claiming a impulse to act during a trip through Carolina with a furniture van. Her father was detained by police who doubted his story while Ernest Vidniao and her mother Pamela Bries sought clues, aided by William Albréecht who traveled from Cleveland. Farmers searched rural areas as authorities reassessed the case.
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Carolina
Ernest Vidniao
Birs
William Albréecht
Cleveland
Portland
Ore
Obituary Notices From Putney And St Albans Area
Obituaries note the deaths of infants Robert Lee Holstine and Betty Lee Hatcher, both two months old, with burial plans in Pul ey and Jackson counties. Clara Dotson Arthur aged 44 of Montgomery died June 71, survived by husband J W Arthur and two children Ray and Delores. George C Paton 67 of St Albans died Wednesday afternoon. funeral at First Baptist Church with active and honorary pallbearers listed. Reba Dean Erskine, 17, died Wednesday evening in St Albans. funeral services planned at the Erskine home.
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Robert Lee Holstine
Earl Holstine
Putney
Puley Cemetery
Betty Lee Hatcher
Irvin Hatcher
Menideone
Lincoln Street
Clara Dotson Arthur
Clara Dotson
Montgomery
J. W. Arthur
Ray and
Delores Arthur
Ray Dotson
Duo
Roy Dotson
Albans
J. E. Dorsey
Gharmco
John Brinpridge
Columbus, Co
George C. Tatton
George C. Pateton
St. Albans
First Baptist Church
L A Albans
Bhannon White
Dr. T. Tompkins
Roy White
O. N. Slater
Eldridge Harbour
Reba Dean Erskine
Harry Erskine
St. Albatis
Eveeral
Salvation Army Camp Chosen For Children
The Salvation Army selects a woodland site behind the camp for a children’s program to counteract poverty driven inferiority. Training, woodcraft trails, and camp stages will be provided with Boy Scout help and periodic expert aid. Major Turner thanked supporters after the rescue announcement drew over 1000 telegrams of commendation.
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Boy Scout Organization
Turner
Beni Kedem Shriners Attend Imperial Council in Minneapolis
Beni Kedem Shriners from Charleston will send members to the Imperial Council of Shriners in Minneapolis next Tuesday through Thursday. Attendees include Potentate George H. Williamson Mrs Williamson Dr and Mrs C A Roy BG Savage G W Van Horn Recorder G E B Griffin E A Fruth Frank S Mulien Homer C Jarrett B Stanley Gil W F Schade Hardy L Davidson. The trio of Davidson Gil and Schade will perform saxophone accordion and bass violin at the convention program. Recorder Griffin will join Shrine Recorders association meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Imperial Council of Shriners
Minneapolis
George H. Williamson
Hardy L. Davidson
Recorder Griffin
Shrine Recorders’ Association
Rally Day Program At Methodist Church Sunday
A rally day program will be presented at 10:30 Sunday morning at the First Methodist Episcopal church. Sunday school divisions will be represented. John Shanklin will speak on "M Christianity's Part In Early Sunday School Movement." The Rev. B P. Taylor will give a history of the Sunday school. Special music will feature the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Episcopal Church
John Shanklin
P. Taylor
New Classes Begin At Kanawha College
Yesterday was the first day of enrollment for Kanawha college summer school. Dr. McDaniel, president, said class sizes looked larger than last summer. Registration continues today as many county schools closed, freeing teachers to attend. Dr and Mrs McDaniel host students and faculty at 1658 Kanawha Street between 4:30 and 5:30 this afternoon.
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Kanawha College
McDaniel
Uelock
Kanawha Street
47 States For FDR in Nation-Wide Poll
The Literary Digest reports a nationwide college poll showing Roosevelt carries the new deal by about three to two among seven universities Harvard Yale Cornell Brown Virginia Wisconsin and New York University with additional ballots from ten other colleges pending. California Alabama Georgia and other states show strong Roosevelt support in varying margins.
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Sean
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
Brown
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin
New York University
Literary Digest
California
Roosevelt
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Middle West
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Ratin Hae
Father West
Utah
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
Pennsylvania
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Harvard Crimson
Yale Daily News
Corell Sun
Brown University Herald
University of Virginia College
University of Wisconsin Cardinal
New York University Heights News
University of No
Asee
Doll Lee
Aes
Virginia
Wisconsin
New York
Board Orders Payment Of Teachers Salaries For Year
The board authorized salaries for the eighth month of the school year totaling about 1,240,000 to be paid from on hand funds with some borrowing. The article notes references to banker ballots and Roosevelt policies, detailing interwoven figures and regional contrasts in support and opposition across several states. The piece mentions Nevada tabulation and differences between banker and public votes in Massachusetts and other states.
Swimming Parties at Rock Lake Pool Event
Night swimming parties at Rock Lake pool featured Sunshine chorus from the Baptial temple and many attendees including Mrs. Ida Duibar Mrs. John New ton Mr and Mrs N W MacDermid Mr and Mrs Boyd Hall Mrs Efeanne Gregory Miss Eleanor Les Brewster Mr and Mrs Herbert Kyle Mr and Mrs George Robson Mrs G A Scherr Miss Pheebe Scherr Mrs A L Arbogast Miss Garnet Melton Miss Leona Artoglast Miss Kathryn Maddy Miss Mary Kenser Miss Marie Chase Mr John Newton Mrs Gay Carper Mrs A E Browder honored Mrs J W McClure visiting from North Carolina Those present included Mrs J W McClure Mrs William Jones Mrs H L Davidson Mrs Gay Carper Miss Nancy Thom Miss Kathrine Brandenburg Miss Aileen McClure Miss Sarah Hennburgh Mrs Glenn Carper Mrs Maxwell Grove Mrs 4 E Browder Miss Mildred Deane Salvation Army swimming party and picnic honored Miss Helen Rose attendees listed including George Rose Mary Peebles Mary Surgeon Anna Ingalls Ella Hotchenson Eleanor Feden Dorothy Garr Dorothy Sheets Alice White Helen Rose Sidney Howland Pauling Camp Lenora Moore Sybil Barker Fred Barker Margaret Wright Harlock Jolly Ruth Rose Beck Williams Herman Bathews Castle Douglas town hall fire destroys building for the second time in 40 years.
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Rock Lake
Sunshine Chorus
Garnet Melton
Leona Artoglast
Kathryn Maddy
Mary Kenser
Marie Chase
John Newton
Gay Carper
A. E. Browder
7. W. McClure
North Carolina
J. W. McClure
William Jones
H. L. Davidson
Nancy Thom
Kathrine Brandenburg
Aileen McClure
Sarah Hennburgh
Glenn Carper
Maxwell Grove
4. E. Browder
Mildred Deane
Salvation Army
Helen Rose
Mary Peskies
George Rose
Rose
Mary Peebles
Mary Surgeon
Anna Ingalls
Ella Hotchenson
Eleanor Feden
Dorothy Garr
Dorothy Sheets
Alice White
Sidney Howland
Mobile
Alk
Pauling Camp
Lenora Moore
Sybil Barker
Fred Barker
Margaret Wright
Harlock Jolly
Ruth Rose
Beck Williams
Herman + Bate yhews
Reeves to Take Over Charge of U S Navy In Ceremony Today
New York June 14 Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves 61 will succeed Admiral David Foote Bellies as commander in chief of the Navy in a ceremony aboard the battleship Pennsylvania. Admiral Sellers who has led the Navy this past year will take command at the Naval Academy in Annapolis.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Joseph Mason Reeves
David Foote Beliers
Nav
Sellers
Navy
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapelis
City Police Radio Committee Reviews Equipment
The City Police Radio Committee met at City Hall last night to discuss available equipment. Funds were raised by public subscription and include receiving stations and radios in cruising automobiles. The committee plans another meeting Tuesday evening. Verbal reports from the mayor and Police Chief John Britton outlined system operations in other cities and the goal of improving emergency response and city policing.
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R. P. DeVan
Etty An
John Britton
Hawkins Elected Milk Board Member in Charleston
Robert Hawking of the South Hill was chosen by the Charleston milk board as the fourth member. He will serve as secretary treasurer and represent consumers. W. T. Brotherton announced a hearing on milk prices for Monday, June 25, at the courthouse, inviting producers distributors and consumers to attend. Other board members are A. G. Berthold and V. B. Angel.
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Robert Hawking
South Hille
Charleston Milk Board
WT. Brotherton
Life Organigation
Court House
A. G. Berthold
V. B. Angel
Suit Against Water Power On New River Filed
Attorney General Homer A. Halt received a copy of the federal bill of complaint in a suit to secure a federal license for water power development on the New River. The case names Union Carbide and Carton Co and subsidiaries New Kanawha Power Co and Electro-Metallurgical Co. Observers foresee a possible clash between state and federal governments over hydro electric control as construction, begun years ago under a state license, nears completion.
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Homer A. Halt
Union Carbide and Carton Company
New Kanawha Power Company
Electro-Metallurgical Company
State House
Iense
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