Perjury Charged Against Faulkner Indicted After Resignation
Whiting C. Faulkner was indicted for perjury by a federal grand jury, hours after resigning as Martinsburg postmaster. The 40 page true bill centers on alleged false testimony about naming Miss Julia Castleman and bribery of committee members in a District of Columbia milk regulations probe. The five counts carry up to five years in prison and a $2,000 fine.
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Washington
Whiting C. Faulkner
Martinsburg
W.a
Faulkner
District of Columbia
U. S
Charles J. Faulkner
J. M. Donaldson
Post Office Department
Miss Castleman
Rep
Randolph
D.w.va
House District of Columbia
Milk Association
German Demand Slap at Britain
Clair Gainer, British consul general at Vienna, notes Hitler’s interview with Khalid Al Hud and a government cue suggesting Germany stands with Mussolini as a protector of Islam. Berlin also backs ending foreign concessions in China and lends moral support to Japan in the Tientsin dispute with Britain.
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Clair Gainer
Vienna
Hitler
Khalid al Hud
King Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Germany
Berlin
Mussolini
Italy
China
Japan
Great Britain
Tientsin
Harvard Class Day Ends With Wit and Teasing Remarks
Harvard President James Bryant Conant addressed graduates at Class Day exercises in Harvard Stadium, joking about taxation and the New Deal. He urged restraint in blaming governors, and suggested humorous ballot ideas to gauge opinions on campus issues. The day included reunions, the confetti battle, literary exercises, the alumni parade, and the Harvard Yale baseball game.
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Yale
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Harvard Stadium
Father Coughlin
Townsendites
James Bryant Conant
Conant
Gov
Leverett Saltonstall
Supreme Court
University
Jubilee
Johnstown
Harvard Hall
Windsors Praise Canada Tour And American Reception
The article recounts the royal tour of the Windsors through Canada and the United States. The duke and duchess praise the warm Canadian welcome, note fatigue of travel, and discuss future American visits while sharing light moments with reporters and hosts. The duchess comments on newsreels and prefers freedom from confinement during travel.
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Eddy
Canada
America
War Hysteria Charges by Republicans in Defense Debate
Republican critics assail Roosevelt administration plan to fund armament programs and advance aircraft contracts. They contend spending is wasteful and planes may be obsolete within four years. Engel blames propaganda and accuses administration of misleading the public about Germany and air power after the Munich conference.
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Engel
Roosevelt
Col. Lindbergh
Germany
France
Great Britain
Munich
England
Congress
Dr Leslie Powell Receives 1910 Iowa Letter 29 Years Late
Des Moines physician Dr Leslie Powell earned his University of Iowa football letter in 1910 but was overlooked at the time. Athletic officials say the letter was mailed now after the error was discovered, closing a 29 year gap.
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Iowa City
Leslie Powell
Des Moines
University of Iowa
Powell
PILES OR HEMORRHOIDS Adverts at Local Drug Stores
Go to Potterfield's Whelan's Lig gett's or Cohen drug stores and get a package of PILEX tablets priced at $1.25 guaranteed to help every case of blind bleeding or protruding piles. Ad.
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Potterfield
Whelan
Liggett’s
Cohen Drug Stores
Ady
Parkway Paving Nears Completion on Kanawha Parkway
The Bur lew Magnolia stretch nears a fourth lane complete with safety curb and walks. Crews plan to pave a third lane starting Monday as utilities finish work downtown. riverbank wall near Brooks Bradford remains blocked. traffic to resume after curb hardens.
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Burlew-Magnolia
Kanawha Parkway
Stellhorn
Beightler
Court Street
Brooks-Bradford Street
Riverbank
Brooks
Union Building
Broad
Park Construction Company
Water Company
Power Company
Alderson Street
Sulfanilamide Shown Effective Against Some Pneumonia Germs
The report describes experiments where pneumonia germs that produce hydrogen peroxide are smothered by sulfanilamide, allowing the body's defenses to finish them off. Other germs not producing peroxide show little effect, suggesting limits to the drug’s remedy.
Police to Bear Down On All Night Parking
Police under Chief W. A. Tully began enforcing downtown all night parking rules. Officers hauled in numerous cars with releases costing at least 3.04 dollars from the lot, 2.04 dollars for towing and 1 dollar for a fine. Two tow trucks worked constantly as cars were moved and cited.
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W. A. Tully
Airways Chartered to Manufacture and Operate Flying School
Airways Incorporated charter approved authorizing manufacturing buying and selling airplanes maintaining an air transportation service and operating a flying school at Skelton Raleigh county with authorized capitalization of 5000. Founders are C. A. Hough Herbert Sessler and W. D. Lowe of Beckley.
Crops Reported Good At State Institutions
Aided by rains, crop conditions are very good at all state institutions with farms. Potato prospects are especially strong at four large farms in Moundeville Huttonsville Lakin and Pruntytown, totaling about 60000 bushels this year. The Huttonsville prison farm, first year of operation, will help the system approach self sufficiency.
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Walter Thurmond
State Board of Control
Moundeville
Huttonsville
Lakin
Pruntytown
Thurmond
Quarrel With Children Tied to Miner Slaying
Jurors heard that James Weaver’s argument with two children led to the fatal stabbing of Charles Sherren a Tunnelton man. Prosecutor Melvin Snyder described taking the jury to the crime scene and said Weaver drew a knife March 4 injuring Sherren who died March 17 in a Grafton hospital. The defense argued Sherren provoked Weaver with hostility over his non union mining work and that Sherren struck Weaver with a rock. United Mine Workers counsel T C Townsend assists the prosecutor.
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Kingwood
James Weaver
Charles Sherren
Tunnelton
Melvin Snyder
Weaver
Snyder
Sherren
Grafton
Church Groups Plan Meetings And Socials
The Marmet Baptist Woman's Federation meets tonight during prayer services. Circles of the Baptist temple organize at various homes and the church. An Oriental supper is planned at St George's Syrian Orthodox church tonight. Emmanuel Baptist hosts the Ethel D Jeffers Bible class with twenty five in attendance.
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The
Woman's Federation of the Marmet Baptist Church
Mt. Herman Baptist Church
P. T. Hayzlett
Comfort
Donald Hunt
Maxine Payne
Anna Adkins
Bessie Petry
Marie Petry
Mary Jo Jarrell
Christine Banks
Betty Jane Kuhn
Violet Groves
Maurine Breedlove
Winona Payne
Okey Gillenwater
Leroy Groves
James Asbury
Elwood Smith
Wilson Hunt
Robert Hayzlett
Buckley Drenner
George Hunt, Jr
Woman's Federation of the Baptist Temple
C. A. Sullivan
G. N. Belcher
Norwood Avenue
South Hills
B. C. Barber
Lee Street
L. L. Wilson
E. E. Duffield
Quarrier Street
Tremont Avenue
South
Charleston
Clyde Swinburne
St. George’s Syrian Orthodox Church
Thomas Jeffers
J. Austin
W. D. Miller
Francis Shivataker
W. E. Haynes
Ethel D. Jeffers
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Bachmann Urges Fish to Seek Republican Nomination
Former Rep. Carl G. Bachmann urges Rep. Fish to run for the Republican presidential nomination to unite eastern conservatives with western liberals. In a letter inserted in the Congressional Record, Bachmann argues Fish is the logical strongest Republican to lead the party.
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Washington
Fish
N. Y
Carl G. Bachmann
West Virginia
Bachmann
Sen
Borah
Ida
East
The
New Yorker
Congressional Record
Rep. Schiffler
W. Va
Board of Education Powers Are Defined
Attorney General Clarence W. Meadows says a county board of education cannot alter the salary or duties of a county superintendent after election. The opinion was written for State Superintendent W. W. Trent in response to his inquiry, which did not reference a specific case.
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Clarence W. Meadows
W. W. Trent
Trent
Suit Nears Conclusion in Charleston Breach Case
The $2,000 suit of Alex W. Carson a Charleston building contractor against Lester W. Mette and Anne E. Mette of Charleston is expected to go to the jury today in circuit court. Carson charges breach of contract while the Mettes claim the house he built was improperly constructed. Japanese will raise sheep in China.
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Alex W. Carson
Charleston
Lester W. Mette
Anne E. Mette
Carson
Mettes
Ickes Urges Boost In WPA Funding
Interior Secretary Harold Ickes urged boosting WPA funding from 1.735 billion to 2.235 billion. He testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee seeking to transfer 125 million from PWA back to WPA and to appropriate 500 million for new public works construction nationwide.
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Washington
INS
Sec
The
Interior
Harold Ickes
WPA
Senate
Ickes
Public Works Administration
PWA
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