Rail Officials Visit Charleston Luncheon at Club
Rail officials from Chesapeake and Ohio Fairland visited Charleston for a goodwill luncheon at the Kanawha Country Club. Led by Vice President G. D. Brooke of Cleveland, the group planned visits to Enna and Huntington, with a golf tournament, swimming, and other events. Attendees included representatives from Richmond, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Huntington, Handley, and Charleston, plus other railroads and public utilities.
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Charleston
Club
Kanawha
Kanawha Country Club
Chesapeake and
Qhic Fairland
G. D. Brooke
Cleveland
Enea
Huntington
Pay Hs
Beckley Wich
Kanawha Valley
Incheon
Richmond
Cincinnati
Handley and
Visits Daughter Here Mrs Edna Stump of Grantsville
Mrs Edna Stump of Grantsville is visiting her daughter Mrs Pere Henderson of Beauregard and spending several days here as she travels to see family.
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Edna Stump
Grantsville
Pere Henderson
Beauregard
Johnson and Holt In Race For Senate
Johnson and Holt enter the West Virginia United States Senate race as a sixth and seventh entrant. Holt, who has served two terms in the state legislature, resigned from his NRA state office position after the special session adjourned. Other Democratic candidates include Chilton Sale Taylor Koontz and Conaway. McNeal announces for U S representative from the fifth district, pledging Roosevelt administration support.
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West Virginia
United States
Holt
NRA
F. W. McCullough
William E. Chilton
Charleston
Graham Sale
Welch
J. Alfred Taylor
Fayetteville
Arthur 2B. Koontz
Edmund Conaway
Marshall County
Powder blasts kill ten near Tacoma at Hawks Prairie
Ten people died in powder blasts that also started several brush fires. Witnesses say a second explosion sent smoke and debris hundreds of feet into the air and was heard across Tacoma. Telephone exchanges and newspaper switchboards were flooded with calls as the event unfolded near Hawks Prairie, about 22 miles southwest of Tacoma, at the E. I. Du Pont powder plant.
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Tacoma
Hawks Prairie
Deadly blast rocks Pont De Nemours plant near Olympia
The Pont De Nemours plant near Olympia suffered a major explosion and fire. Several tons of powder stored 200 yards away escaped destruction, while the main plant’s end and offices were wrecked. Police and fire crews battled fires and aided in body recovery as ambulances and state patrols lined the scene. Survivors and victims include Roscoe Needs and Hazel Eppley with others seriously injured. investigations seek the fire’s origin and scale of loss estimated at 576,000.
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Olympia
J. A. Dean
Roscoe
Henry Dean
Dean
Hazel Eppley
Deeds
Obituary for Mrs Z A Lively of Hinton and Everett Starcher
Funeral services were held for Mrs Z A Lively 56 of Hinton who died Saturday at Christian church conducted by Rev I T Atkins. Burial followed at Greenbrier cemetery. Survived by husband and children including Mrs Hubert Grimmett Mrs Nathaniel Wilson Opal Lively Melba Lively Jonah Avery Vincent Lively all of Hinton and Jettie Lively of Oak Hill. Everett Arnold Starcher 35 died Sunday at Spencer after a five year illness funeral was held at Vandale Funeral Home yesterday.
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Margaret Ash
W. G. Schoolcraft
Margaret Elizabeth Ash
Leatherbark
Calhoun County
Spencer
Annie Lynch
Elmwood Avenue
Harden and Harden
S. B. Moore
Spring Hill Cemetery
Z. A. Lively
Hinton
Christian Church
I. T. Atkins
Greenbrier
Hubert Grimmett
Nathaniel Wilson
Everett Starcher
Everett Arnold Starcher
Vandale Funeral
Dr Jividen Returns From Greensboro Trip
Dr Jividen has returned from a trip to Greensboro North Carolina. He visited colleagues and reconvened with the department after travel.
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Dr. Jividen
Dr. GN. Jividen
Greensboro
N. C
Three Convicts Kill Jailer and Escape in West Virginia
In Braxton county near Charleston three convicts Camden Roads alias Harvey E Hall 30 of wear Frametown serving a term for prior escape from a road gang Raymond Mace 19 of Chemical near Sutton charged with robbery and Elliott Keener 18 of Dane JBorer farm escaped after killing jailer Bland and wounding him with a bar sawed from the bull pen His keys were taken to open the jail outer door Sheriff R N Rallyson was awakened by his wife who heard a disturbance in the jail below their home.
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Braxton
Charleston
Camden Roads
Harvey E. Hall
Wear Frametown
Aymond Mace
Chemical
Sutton
Elliott Keener
Dane
Bland
R. N. Rallyson
Norma Millen Guilty as Accessory After Robbery
Norma Millen found guilty as accessory after the fact in the Needham Trust Company robbery where two policemen were killed. Her husband Morton Millen his brother Irving and Abraham Faber were convicted of one officer's murder and await the death sentence. Norma left the courthouse soon after the verdict, attempting a smile.
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Norma
Needham Trust Company
Morton Millen
Irving
Abraham Faber
Births of Alma Bell and a son announced
Mr and Mrs A J Hunt of Belle announce the birth of a daughter Alma Bell on May 19. Mr and Mrs Howard Hicks of Plus announce the birth of a son at their home on June 18.
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A. J. Hunt
Belle
Alma Bell
Howard Hicks
Plus
Woman Waives Hearing in Slaying of Pierce
Nora Navier 24 waived preliminary hearing on a murder charge after the slaying of Pierce at a Slack Street residence Tuesday night. The accused claimed self defense citing threats to cut her throat. Pierce’s bereaved include his mother Sallie Pierce and brother Homer Pierce.
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Pierce
Beane Pierce
Slack ‘Street
Nora Navier
Bartlett Chapel
Sallie Pierce
Ship Hill
Homer Pierce
Charleston
Naylor
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Bluefield
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Bay
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Sissonville Road
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Villa Route
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Elizabeth Ann Jarrett
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Woods
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