Champeen Coal Contest At Rhododendron Festival
Webster Springs hosts the Rhododendron festival with a Champeen coal loading contest featuring about 15 huskies timed to load a ton of coal fastest. Gov Holt to crown Queen Rhodora Margaret Louise Brabhan of South Charleston receives crown and scepter. Parade of 3000 schoolchildren precedes coronation. Asa Song of Toledo competes in state checker tournament later. Upper Elk first aid meet postponed.
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Webster Springs
West Virginia
Margaret Louise Brabhan
South Charleston
Rhodora
Holt
New Orthopedic Bed Bought for St Francis ward
St Francis junior guild purchased a new orthopedic bed for the crippled children's ward with proceeds from a spring benefit bridge party. The annual Picnic was hosted at the Lochtefeld home in Kanawha City with many local couples and ladies in attendance.
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St. Francis Junior Guild
St. Francis Hospital
Charles Lochtefeld
Kanawha City
G. L. Lytton
John F. Conlon
T. A. Edwards
M. W. Hoferer
J. H. Robinson
Richard Gorman
Robert Johnson
Walter Mason
Anne Rogers
E. J Bagnell
Lillian and
Mary Lou Rogers
Aileen Grace
Blair Decker
Torn Picture Leads To Arrest in Thefts
Wellsburg police traced a torn photo to arrest 27-year-old Pete Habitt a wholesale company employee on theft charges. Habitt admitted stealing about 90 dollars of merchandise monthly from John Ranges over 18 months. The trail began after pieces of the photo were found at a gasoline theft scene. James Catrone a Follawsbee storekeeper was later charged with receiving stolen goods.
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Wellsburg
Paul Arthurs
Arthurs
Pete Habitt
John Ranges
Earl Dealey
Habitt
James Catrone
Follawsbee
Injunction Violation Trial Is Continued
Circuit Judge Julian Bouchelle has postponed the contempt trial of J. L. Lanham for violating an injunction limiting picketing the Charleston Laundry company until next Friday. Lanham was to appear yesterday to show cause. Louis Davidson was tried Saturday on similar charges. Mountain zebras in South Africa are becoming vicious and attack humans.
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Julian Bouchelle
J. L. Lanham
Charleston
Lanham
Louis Davidson
Coal Operators Elect Scott as Secretary in Winding Gulf
BECKLEY June 29. The Winding Gulf Coal Operators association elected Hal M. Scott as secretary to succeed P. C. Graney who resigned. Graney retained the office of treasurer. Scott has been assistant.
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Beckley
Winding Gulf Coal Operators’ Association
Hal M. Scott
P. C. Graney
Graney
Scott
D A Oxley Dies at 67 in Huntington Hospital
D A Oxley aged 67 a retired Hurricane merchant died today in a Huntington hospital after an illness. He had been a resident of Huntington and was well known in the community.
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Huntington
D. A. Oxley
Wanderer Identified as Confederate Veteran in Parkersburg
Sheriff R. E. Hays said officers identified Henry Yearin a 94 year old Confederate veteran wandering Parkersburg who claimed he was headed to Wirt county to cut timber 50 years ago but had hazy memory. He likely lived with a son on the Elk river.
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Wanderer
Parkersburg
R. E. Hays
Henry Yearin
Hayes
Wirt County
Hays
Yearin
Elk River
Millworker Nest Dies at 70 in Wheeling
William Louis Nest 70 a retired millworker died after a two year illness in Wheeling. In Huntington Aug 12 will be Marshall College Day World of Tomorrow organizers announced Journalism Prof Page Pitt said World's Fair officials notified him. A Norfolk boat will carry 50 Marshall students teachers alumni to the celebration.
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Wheeling
William Louis Nest
Marshall
Huntington
Marshall College
Page Pitt
New York
Norfolk
Pitt
Budget Increased for 1939-40 Expenditures
Morgantown officials tentatively adopted a 1939 40 budget raising expenditures by 28 791 to a total of 170 294 99 dollars. The municipal council approved the increase pending final figures.
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Morgantown
Obituary: R. W. Sine Dies at 82 Former Clay district official
R. W. Sine 82 longtime member of the Clay district board of education and former county court member died. Surviving is U S Army Captain H Kent Sine of Eaton Ohio among others.
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Morgantown
R. W. Sine
Old Board of Education
Clay District
U. S. Army
H. Kent Sine
Eaton, O
Crawford named to fire department civil service commission
June 29. C D Crawford, president of an amusement company, was appointed by Mayor A K Minter to replace J F Houchins who resigned as a member of the fire department civil service commission.
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Crawford
Kley
C. D. Crawford
A. K. Minter
J. F. Houchins
Fire Department Civil Service Commission
1938 Tax Payment Deadline Set by Sheriff
Deputy Sheriff Ira D. Davis warned that tomorrow is the deadline for delinquent 1938 taxes in Kanawha County. Afterward wages of those failing to pay personal property taxes may be attached and list of delinquents forwarded to the Retail Credit Association. About nine percent of the $2,900,000 assessment remains unpaid.
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Ira D. Davis
Davis
Retail Credit Association
Kanawha
Schiffler Seeks Renewal of Cash Carry Neutrality
Rep. Schiffler of West Virginia announced plans to re enact the cash and carry provision in the neutrality law. He argued removing arms embargo provisions would amount to alliance with the democracies of Europe and said he will introduce an amendment to the pending resolution.
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Schiffler
Washington
W. Va
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
Europe
Farmer dies at Hinton
Alfred L. Sowers a 68 year old Summers County farmer died in a Hinton hospital yesterday after an illness. The service details were not provided.
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Farmer
Hinton Hinton
Alfred L. Sowers
Summers County
Hinton
Injuries Fatal After Mine Accident In Kentucky
Clarence Davenport aged 44, a worker for Eastern Coal, McVeigh Kentucky, died yesterday from injuries suffered Sunday in a mine accident. He leaves a survivor list not provided in the report.
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Williamson
Clarence Davenport
Eastern Coal Corporation
McVeigh, Ky
Aged Man Dies in Wheeling. Swiss Native Conrad Wilenmann
Conrad Wilenmann, 92, a retired cabinet maker who moved to Wheeling in 1872 and lived there since, died yesterday. He was born in Switzerland.
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Wheeling
Conrad Wilenmann
Switzerland
Three Couples Apply For Marriage Licenses
Three couples filed for marriage licenses in the county clerk’s office. Charles E. Dickens Jr and Myrtle Mae Frye both 18 of Rayford. Mose Allen 27 and Pearl Bessie Turner 21 of Gallagher. John Reynolds Baker 23 of 1001 Grant Street and Tennie Eula Thompson 27 of 921 Central Avenue.
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Charles E. Dickens, Jr
Myrtle Mae Frye
Rayford
Mose Allen
Pearl Bessie Turner
Gallagher
John Reynolds Baker
Grant Street
Tennie Eula Thompson
Central Avenue
Cherry crop very small but prices drop in state
Cherry growers in the Martinsburg belt faced a 15 percent normal crop with a sharp price fall. Analysts attributed weak marketing to unusually heavy production elsewhere. A major canning plant advised growers the price would likely be about two and a half cents a pound, versus five cents two years ago.
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Martinsburg
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